Syloti

E593929

Syloti is an alternative name for the Sylheti language, an Eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Sylhet region of Bangladesh and parts of northeastern India.

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Label Occurrences
Syloti canonical 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Indo-Aryan language
language
alternateName Sylheti
linked to: Sylheti language
associatedWithCity Sylhet
closelyRelatedTo Bengali language
linked to: Bengali
consideredByOthersAs separate language
consideredBySomeAs dialect of Bengali
hasAlternativeSpelling Sylheti
linked to: Sylheti language

Syloti Nagri (for script name context)
hasApproximateSpeakers several million
hasCulturalDomain folk songs
local theatre
oral literature
hasDialects rural Syloti
urban Syloti
hasDistinctGrammarFrom Bengali language
linked to: Bengali
hasDistinctPhonologyFrom Bengali language
linked to: Bengali
hasEndangermentStatus vulnerable in some urban contexts due to shift to Bengali
hasGlottologName Sylheti
linked to: Sylheti language
hasLinguisticFeature complex verb morphology
postpositions
rich vowel inventory
tone-like pitch distinctions (analyzed by some linguists)
hasLinguisticTypology SOV word order
hasMediaUse local radio programs
online social media content
hasNativeSpeakersInDiaspora Middle East
North America
United Kingdom
hasScriptUnicodeBlock Syloti Nagri Unicode block
hasStandardFormInfluencedBy Bengali standard language
ISO639-3Code syl
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-European languages
Indo-Iranian languages
primaryRegion Sylhet Division
region northeastern South Asia
spokenIn Assam
Bangladesh
India
Meghalaya
Sylhet region
linked to: Sylhet

Tripura
subgroupOf Eastern Indo-Aryan languages
usedByEthnicGroup Sylheti people
linked to: Bengali people
usedIn everyday communication in Sylhet region
usedInEducation non-formal community-based education in some areas
writingSystem Bengali-Assamese script
Sylheti Nagri script

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