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[26] [27] Many Sylhetis today continue to identify with both the broader Bengali and their distinct Sylheti ethnocultural identities. [28] [29] [30] Sylheti folklore is unique to the region, it is influenced by Hindu, Sufi, Turco-Persian and native ideas. Chandra Kumar De of Mymensingh is known to be the first researcher of Sylheti folklore. [31]
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.
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 article states that Sylheti is an ethnocultural group. This is false as Sylheti is not an ethnicity. It is a cultural group yes, but all Sylhetis identify as Bengali. This can be seen from the fact that in both India and Bangladesh the Sylhetis identify as ethnically Bengali, as well as any diaspora Sylhetis that you ask.
Mir Mosharraf Hossain (1847–1911) was the first major writer in the modern era to emerge from the Bengali Muslim society, and one of the finest prose writers in the Bengali language. His magnum opus Bishad Shindhu is a popular classic among Bengali readership.
Bengali Muslims were exploiting the fertile land of Sylhet for agricultural production and enjoyed relative prosperity innovating a contemporary agrarian society. The Taraf Kingdom , founded by Syed Nasiruddin , was transformed into a hub of Islamic and linguistic education.
In the late 20th century, Munshi Ashraf Hussain, a researcher of Bengali folk literature, contributed immensely to Sylheti Nagri research. [ 29 ] In 2009, the publication of literature in the Nagri script recommenced in Bangladesh through the efforts of Mostafa Selim, who founded a publishing company called Utsho Prokashon based in Dhaka , and ...
It would seem according to the implications of this wiki article that Sylhetis dont know their own language is a language or the supposed alphabet of its script. Since, again, nobody uses nagri to write sylheti or knows a letter of it. They all use standard bangla script. CorrectionalFacility101 23:05, 6 April 2022 (UTC)