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The Sylheti community in the Barak Valley, contiguous to Sylhet, is one of the eminent diasporic communities where they have been able to recreate the Sylhet environ. [4] The Barak Valley consists of three districts in the Indian state of Assam, which are home to a Bengali-speaking majority population as opposed to Assamese. [58]
A description of the king and queen of the termites in Sylheti. Sylheti [a] (Sylheti Nagri: ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ, síloṭi, pronounced ⓘ; Bengali: সিলেটি, sileṭi, pronounced) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by an estimated 11 million people, primarily in the Sylhet Division of Bangladesh, Barak Valley of Assam, and northern parts of Tripura in India.
It is also claimed that the orthography of the script equates with Sylheti, reflecting the phonetic and grammatical features of the vernacular, it provided a simpler and more precise representation than the more prevalent Bengali script. [9] Sylheti Nagri therefore represented a unique literary culture of the Sylhet region.
The majority of the population are Bengali Muslims, while significant minority population groups include the Bengali Hindus, Bishnupriya Manipuri and others. [37] Sylheti is spoken by the vast majority of the people, while Standard Bengali is the official language used by the state government and officials.
The "Sylheti Project" at SOAS University of London is particularly noteworthy for its efforts to promote the cultural significance of Sylheti. [98] Standard Bengali maintains its prominence in British Bangladeshi media and is considered as a prestige language which helps to foster a cultural or national identity linked with Bangladesh. [99]
This is a list of notable residents and people who have origins in the Sylhet Division of Bangladesh and the Barak Valley of the Indian state of Assam. This list also includes British Bangladeshis, Bangladeshi Americans, Bangladeshi Canadians, and other non-resident Bengalis who have origins in Greater Sylhet. The people may also be known as ...
Standard Bengali: spoken all over the country – originally the dialect of Nadia region (partly in Khulna Division), very close to dialect in the rest of Khulna Division; Bangali: General Eastern Bengali dialect spoken (beside Standard Bengali) in most of the parts of Bangladesh (Dhaka, Khulna, Mymensingh, Greater Comilla and Barisal regions).
Bengali–Assamese script: Bengali alphabet [5] India (Assam, Manipur and Tripura) Bangladesh (Sylhet Division) Chakma: 𑄌𑄋𑄴𑄟 চাকমা Sangma: Bengali–Assamese script Chakma script Latin script [6] 0.32 [7] Bangladesh (Chittagong Division) India (Mizoram and Tripura) Myanmar (Rakhine State) Chittagonian