Sylheti

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Sylhet division: Habiganj, Moulvibazar, Sunamganj, and Sylhet districts.

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India

Language NameSylheti

User Population

3,000,000 in India (2003).

Location

Assam state: Barak valley region, Cachar, Hailakandi, and Karimganj districts; Tripura state: North Tripura district; possibly Nagaland, Kolkata.

Alternate Names

Bengali of Cachar, Sileti, Siloti, Srihattia, Sylheti Bangla, Sylheti Bengali, Sylhetti, Syloti, Syloty

Language Status

5* (Dispersed).

Language Use

Also use English [eng].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 10%. Educated can read Bengali [ben]. Few women are educated.

Other Comments

Muslim, Hindu.

United Kingdom

Language NameSylheti

User Population

500,000 in United Kingdom (2020 J. Lloyd-Williams).

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.