Yolmo language

Hyolmo
Helambu Sherpa
Hyolmo
Native toNepal
EthnicityHyolmo
Native speakers
10,000 (2011 census)[1]
Dialects
  • Eastern Yolmo (Sermathang, Chhimi)
  • Western Yolmo (Nuwakot District)
  • Lamjung Yolmo
  • Ilam Yolmo
Language codes
ISO 639-3scp
Glottologhela1238
ELPHelambu Sherpa

Yolmo (Hyolmo) or Helambu Sherpa, is a Tibeto-Burman language of the Hyolmo people of Nepal (ISO 639-3: scp, GlottoCode:[2] yolm1234). Yolmo is spoken predominantly in the Helambu and Melamchi valleys in northern Nuwakot District and northwestern Sindhupalchowk District. Dialects are also spoken by smaller populations in Lamjung District and Ilam District and also in Ramecchap District (where it is known as Syuba). It is very similar to Kyirong Tibetan[3] and less similar to Standard Tibetan and Sherpa.[4] There are approximately 10,000 Yolmo speakers,[5] although some dialects have larger populations than others.

  1. ^ Hyolmo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Helambu Sherpa". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
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  5. ^ Lewis, M. Paul; Gary F. Simons; Charles D. Fennig, eds. (2015). "Helambu Sherpa". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (18th Edition). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Archived from the original on 2019-04-25. Retrieved 2018-08-22.

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