With Literary Tibetan and Nepali Equivalents
ISBN : 9937506352
EAN : 9789937506359
Cover : Paperback
Pages : 296
Size : 240 x 178mm
Publisher : Vajra Publications
Published : 2010
Category : Tibetan Language
Category 2 : Languages/Dictionaries
Synopsis:
This useful book consists of three parts: first a Sherpa-English-Nepali dictionary, next an English-Sherpa dictionary, and finally a Nepali-Sherpa dictionary.The introductory chapters provide background on the Sherpa people and the Sherpa langauge and script.
The Sherpas (renowned in modern times as Nepalese mountaineering guides) are originally of Tibetan origin and cultural affinities. They migrated from Kham and Eastern Tibet in several waves in the 16th and 18th centuries, and settled in the present Solukhumbu area of Nepal, south of the Himalaya, near Mt.Jomolangma (better known to us as Mount Everest).
