Uploaded January 2013 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Tashi deleg! University of Melbourne graduate student Sara Ciesielski explains how children growing up in the Sherpa culture learn a lot more than words from their elders.

Animation: Jorge Cham
Series Producer: Meg Rosenburg
Sara Ciesielski, U. Melbourne: "Language Development and Socialization in Sherpa"

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