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Sylheti
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Indo-Aryan language
Sylheti is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Sylhet region of Bangladesh and by diaspora communities around the world. It matters because it represents an important linguistic tradition for millions of speakers and reflects the cultural and historical identity of the Sylhet region.
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- Instance of
- modern language
- Subclass of
- Bengali–Assamese
- Named after
- Sylhet
- Official name
- Sylheti
- Country
- Bahrain
- Location
- Michigan
- Image
- ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ ꠟꠦꠈꠣ.jpg
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- writing system
- Devanagari
- native label
- ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ ꠝꠣꠔ
- linguistic typology
- subject–object–verb
- indigenous to
- Cachar district
- topic's main category
- Category:Sylheti language
- number of speakers, writers, or signers
- 100
- Wikimedia Incubator URL
- incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wy/syl
- Wikimedia language code
- syl
- short name
- Srihattia
- nickname
- Sylhetia
- Commons category
- Sylheti language
- has grammatical case
- locative case
- related category
- Category:Sylheti adverbs
- name
- Bahasa Sylheti
- described at URL
- accent.gmu.edu/browse_native.php?function=detail&languageid=222
- influenced by
- Bodo
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Encyclopedic overview
A description of the king and queen of the termites in Sylheti
Sylheti is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by an estimated 11 million people, primarily in Sylhet Division of Bangladesh, Barak Valley of Assam, and northern parts of Tripura in India. In addition, there are substantial numbers of Sylheti speakers in the Indian states of Meghalaya, Manipur, and Nagaland, as well as among diaspora communities across the globe—from Britain and North America to various parts of the Middle East.
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