Sylheti
A language of Bangladesh
| Population | 7,000,000 in Bangladesh. Population total all countries: 10,300,000. |
| Region | Districts of Sylhet, Sunamganj, Habiganj, Moulvibazar. Also in Australia, Canada, India, Italy, Malaysia (Peninsular), Myanmar, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States. |
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Bangladesh |
| Alternate names | Sileti, Siloti, Sylhetti, Sylhetti Bangla, Syloti, Syloty, Srihattia |
| Dialects | Similar to Bengali [ben], Assamese [asm]. Lexical similarity: 70% with Bengali. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Eastern zone, Bengali-Assamese |
| Language use | 1,500,000 L2 speakers. All ages. Also use Bengali, primarily men. Bengali used in education and media. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 35%. Educated can read Bengali. Few women are educated. Bible portions: 1993. |
| Writing system | Bengali script. Latin script. Syloti Nagri script. |
| Comments | Muslim, Hindu. |
Also spoken in:
India
| Language name | Sylheti |
| Population | 3,000,000 in India (2003). |
| Region | South Assam: Barak Valley region; Karimganj, Cachar, Hailakandi districts; Nagaland, Calcutta. |
| Alternate names | Bengali of Cachar, Sileti, Siloti, Srihattia, Sylheti Bangla, Sylheti Bengali, Sylhetti, Syloti, Syloty |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 10%. Educated can read Bengali [ben]. Few women are educated. |
| Comments | Muslim, Hindu. |
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