Pronunciation of the English word sherpas.
# | Sentence | |
---|---|---|
1. | Polyandry used to be common among the Sherpas of Nepal, where a band of brothers would often take a wife in common. When she died--of child-bearing or overwork--they would frequently marry her younger sister. | |
2. | Tom climbed Mount Everest with the help of Sherpas. | |
3. | In a 2016 interview from the Everest basecamp, Dr. Nima Namgyal Sherpa told VOA that in the past, the glacial streams in the mid-Everest region started flowing in May, but the Sherpas now see the flow beginning in April. |