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	Sylheti language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sylheti (native name সিলটী Silôţi; Bengali name সিলেটী Sileţi) is the language of Sylhet proper, the North Eastern region of Bangladesh and southern districts of Assam around Silchar.
		Sylheti is distinguished by a wide range of fricative sounds (which correspond to aspirated stops in closely-related languages such as Bangla), the lack of breathy voiced stops seen in many other Indic languages, word-final stress, and a relatively large set of loanwords from Arabic, Hindi and Persian.
		Sylheti is spoken by about 10 percent of Bangladeshis, but has affected the course of standard Bengali in the rest of the state.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sylheti (323 words)

	Sylhet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sylheti is an Eastern Indic language closely related to Bengali (Bangla), Chittagonian, and Assamese (Ôxômiya).
		Sylheti is also the dominant dialect of Bengali among the inhabitants of the Barak Valley in India, centered around Cachar district in Assam.
		This is illustrated in the court action taken against the makers of the Hason Raja movie, he being a Sylhoti cultural icon, as the film depicted him as a lecherous fellow who forsakes his family and uses obscene language.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sylhet (1092 words)

	Serious Golmal » Burn Brick Lane Burn
		Sylhetis are usually stereotyped as being uneducated and cliquish: for instance preferring their children to marry within the Sylheti community.
		Sylhetis are fiercely protective of their own language, family-orientated community culture and conservative practice of Islam.
		Sylheties are distinctive people in their own right as well as in terms of culture and language.
	golmal.pickledpolitics.com /2006/08/01/burn-brick-lane-burn (4795 words)

	Unicode Sylheti Font Support from XenoType Technologies
		Sylheti is spoken mainly in Bangladesh but there is also a large number of speakers in the London area.
		Sylheti Nagari bears many similarities to Devanagari but lacks many of its complexities — for example, there are far fewer natural conjuncts and the vowel matras are never written before a base consonant.
		Sylheti Nagari is not included in the latest version of Unicode and it may be some time before it is adopted.
	www.xenotypetech.com /osxSylheti.html (301 words)

	BANGLAPEDIA: Sylheti Nagri (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Sylheti Nagri, which dates back to the first decade of the fourteenth century, was derived from Bangla, arabic, Kaithi, and Devanagari to write a form of Bangla using many words from Arabic and persian.
		The language of the puthis written in Sylheti Nagri and in dobhasi is identical, lacking the use of tatsama (Sanskrit) words.
		Sylheti Nagri is found inscribed on Afghan coins that were minted towards the close of the sixteenth century and the beginning of the seventeenth.
	banglapedia.org /HT/S_0656.HTM (418 words)

	Drishtipat Group Blog » Monica Ali
		Drishtipat is not a Dhakaia org or a Sylheti org.
		The deshi people in general never feel that Sylhetis are any different, it is always people like you who are causing the divide (as if Sylhet is not within BD boundary) and isolating the Sylheti community, even going as far as portraying Sylhetis a different race (as you called Ali’s writing a racial attack!).
		Sylhetis have made plenty of positive contributions, both to this country and to the motherland.
	www.drishtipat.org /blog/2006/07/27/monica-ali (4759 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 808 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Like the Mirpuri settlers from Pakistan, the kinship among the Sylheti people is very strong, and even in the UK they have preserved their own Sylheti dialect.
		About the Sylheti dialect, ethnic minority researcher R. Chalmers has pointed out: "The Sylheti dialect is very rich and distinctive and reflects various influences, such as Assamese, Arabic, Turkish, Nagri, Parsi etc. This exclusiveness of their (i.e.
		Eventually this shaped a hybrid Sylheti culture (a mixture of Islamic, Arabic, Assamese, and indigenous Hindu culture.) In fact, the fellow feeling due to Sylheti culture and dialect among the Sylheti people prompted the chain migration process of Bangladeshis to the UK and this is why the majority of the Bangladeshis there are from Sylhet.
	www.thedailystar.net /2006/09/03/d609031501117.htm (1399 words)

	Syloti Nagri alphabet
		In the late 17th century, Persian became the official language of the Delhi Sultanate and the Perso-Arabic script was used in all official documents.
		Sylheti, an eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken by around 10 million in the Sylhet region of Bangladesh and in parts of India.
		Sylheti is closely related to Bengali (Bangla) and most speakers are bilingual in Sylheti and Bengali.
	www.omniglot.com /writing/syloti.htm (467 words)

	Bongo Vongo » Blog Archive » ‘Keetha Oilaw’ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Sylheti films work because they reflect what is happening in our communities and charcters are often people we can relate to, which is why they are so popular.
		Sylheti films are orginal and it is giving young people a platform to show their talents.
		Rubina: I hope you have passed the auditions, i think there’s a lack of UK based female sylheti actors, a lof of it is down to our community though, acting is still looked down on by parents, so am glad your up for it and you should definitely express your views about shylheti female issues.
	www.jabbar.co.uk /?p=293 (3987 words)

	BBC - Voices - Multilingual Nation
		Other languages and dialects are also spoken within Bangladesh, including Sylheti which is used by most Bangladeshi settlers in the UK.
		Sylheti, however, does not have a well-developed written tradition, and Bengali is the medium of instruction in schools.
		Qu'ranic Arabic is used for religious purposes and is widely taught in Islamic schools both in Bangladesh and in Bengali communities overseas.
	www.bbc.co.uk /voices/multilingual/bengali_history.shtml (254 words)

	bangla . ca Forums \| Everyone \| Ami Banglai Kotha Koi... : Bangali & Bangladeshi Youth in Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Oneke mone kore je tara prothome sylheti, pore bangali.
		Sylheti der modhe duita group ache: ekta group jara shomoi moto nijer der ke adapt kore ar arekta group jara oder purano, archaic chintadhara niye thakte chai.
		There are some sylheties I know who think that sylhet should be an independent country because it has a richer culture, cooler and better looking people, the origin of the religious leaders in Bangladesh, blah blah blah (basically it is better than the rest of the districts of Bangladesh).
	www.bangla.ca /forums.postp1607.html (1209 words)

	MILLE working paper 4
		Sylheti is a distinctive regional language dialect of Bengali.
		The second sub-set of data are transcriptions of spontaneous day-to-day conversations by various speakers who were asked to record their interactions with every person they met during the course of a day, rather in the same way that the spoken demographic section of the British National Corpus was collected.
		In devising a transcription scheme for transcribing and translating Sylheti spoken texts, we have attempted to draw from the strengths of existing schemes.
	bowland-files.lancs.ac.uk /monkey/ihe/mille/wp4.htm (4800 words)

	Article
		Sylhetis have a reputation for conservative gender relations, manifest publicly by pardah, as in haor communities, where Muslim women from other districts work in agriculture, but Sylhetis do not.
		Sylhetis nonetheless constitute locality in their own distinctive cultural terms, as a place of belonging; and also, in standard political and economic terms, as a spatial domain for local investments.
		Young Sylheti women, born and raised in London, travel to their family’s home village in Sylhet to marry selected men from appropriate families.
	www.sas.upenn.edu /~dludden/luddenEPW_files/showArticles.htm (9227 words)

	4/5/99
		According to the LWs, Guin's analysis of Sylheti phonology is remarkably close to the Spratts'.
		Apart from these, there is Chalmer's book, and there is a recently published children's picture dictionary of Sylheti which is basic and rather poor in terms of the entries for subjects such as animals and nature.
		Interestingly, there are certain topics that appear to her to be taboo in spoken conversation although the word/words are present in the lexicon eg.
	bowland-files.lancs.ac.uk /monkey/ihe/mille/040599.htm (1159 words)

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		The main aim of the assessment was to establish the level of proficiency of Saleha’s use of Sylheti Bengali.
		RR thought S’s Sylheti had not developed well because of her mother’s encouragement of use of Standard Bengali.
		S’s Sylheti and standard Bengali were very restricted in use, and lacked fluency.
	www.naldic.org.uk /docs/NN294.doc (1950 words)

	Sylheti Literature; images of printed and manuscript Sylheti literature
		Sylheti is the language of the Surma valley region, consisting of most of Sylhet Division in Bangladesh and Cachar District in Assam, and is spoken by over 9 million people.
		There are two things that make Sylheti an important language in its own right, and not a colloquial or 'peasant' corruption of Bengali as some have alleged.
		Firstly, Sylheti is the language of choice not just of the illiterate, but also of educated Sylhetis who can function well in Bengali when they choose to.
	www.sylheti.org.uk /page2.html (795 words)

	Asia Blog Awards » Archive » Best Bangladesh Blog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It is perceived to be a Dhaka-centric org in a country of predominantly Sylheti NRB’s.
		Oddly enough the second generation Sylhetis in England (in my experience) are extremely hostile to other Bangladeshis (not from the Sylhet region) and appear to think Sylheti (which a dialect or collocial form of Bangla) is a separate language all together.
		In regions where Sylhetis (from Sylhet, Habiganj, Shunamganj and Moulvi Bazaar) are the majority amongst expat’s, it makes sense to encourage representation from the majority community and to do so by working on projects which are of interest to them.
	asiablogawards.com /?p=13 (995 words)

	Sylheti Translation And Research - studying the language and literature of Sylhet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Sylheti Translation And Research aims to collect and preserve for future generations the folk literature of Sylhet and make it as widely available as possible to the people of Sylhet and their friends.
		We have included a few samples of Sylheti literature showing the original written or printed page and a transcription in Siloti Nagri, Bengali and Roman type with English translation.
		Sylheti Translation And Research seeks to relate to and cooperate with others who share the same concerns.
	www.sylheti.org.uk (221 words)

	Islamica Community Forums - Amaar shonar banglaaaaaaaaaaaa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		so they hafta speak sylheti or shuda with me. "regular" bangla is called shuda (or shudo for all u dhaka ppls) but none of us amreekans can speak it right anyways.
		One time on the train I think some dude was staring at her, and she told me about it in Sylheti SOOO fast..i got scared that she was putting some Japanese curse on me.
		this is sylheti: kho bareer taintain amare sylheti maat hikai soin.
	www.islamicaweb.com /archive/t-5228-p-3.html (12009 words)

	sylhetcity.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Sylheti is unique among Bangladeshi languages in having its first printing font designed, and its subsequent printing and publishing industry developed.
		During mid 19th century, Sylhet already had a remarkable level of literacy, with manuscript books in wide circulation.
		Metal type soon followed, and other Sylheti Nagri presses were established in Sunamgonj (Bangladesh) and Shillong (India).
	www.sylhetcity.net /html_files/holy_sylhet.htm (809 words)

	Printed Sylheti; a history of printing in Siloti Nagri (Syloti Nagri) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		As far as we know, Sylheti is unique among Indian languages in having its first printing font designed, and its subsequent printing and publishing industry developed, by nationals and not by foreigners.
		Printing in Sylheti seems to have suffered a decline after Partition in 1947, with the last presses closing down by the early 1970's.
		However, so much interest was shown by the Bengali media at the demonstration of the font in Sylhet, December 1997, that STAR was commissioned by the Sylot Academy to develop a Siloti Nagri computer font for general use.
	www.sylheti.org.uk /page3.html (357 words)

	CONTENTS AND DEVELOPMENT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		DOCUMENTATION - third phase On the meaning of Language and poets and bards of Sylhet with special references made to Hachan Raja's works and original samples from his work.
		PROVERBS Compilation and attempted transliteration of Sylheti proverbs in Originals.
		One is a Journey from Kanyakumari to Silchar on a four-wheeler for 4500 km, another is an ocean voyage, another at Pakistan and another at Germany.
	personal.vsnl.com /syhlleti/index1.html (304 words)

	SEN/EAL IEP's (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Targets 2 and 3 are drawn from the target banks on IEP writer and have been adapted.
		To show understanding in Sylheti and in English of the concepts 'big' and 'little'.
		A Key stage 2 statemented pupil with a language communication disorder, with provision made for weekly first language support in the statement.
	www.blss.portsmouth.sch.uk /sen/iep.shtml (522 words)

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		I'm inviting you and other people who have signed this guestbook and even those who will sign this guestbook in future, to visit the first website running right from the heart of Sylhet.
		I am a Sylheti, born and brought up in Assam (1960),had been in Shillong (1973-90).Since then...here.
		I keep on talking in Sylheti, when ever I find a bird of the same feather.
	htmlgear.tripod.com /guest/control.guest?u=saayan&a=view&i=1001&r= (188 words)

	Sylheti Language School
		SLS is here for people, interested in learning Sylheti for their careers, for interests or hobby or just for any other needs.
		However, if any native speaking Sylheti born, brought up and resident in Europe or elsewhere and would like to sharpen up their grasp of the language, will at the same time be catered for.
		We have delivered language courses (both Sylheti and Bangla) for Housing Associations, Housing Co-operatives and other organisations and for local authority professionals (Teachers, Social Workers, GPs etc) in the past and still able to do so if any organisation wishes to organise such courses for their employees.
	www.munayemmayenin.com /SylhetiLanguageSchool.htm (285 words)

	Sylheti Syhleti Syhletti Sylhetti .. for everyone whos a Sylheti (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Sylheti Matrimonials, where Sylhetis can search for their sylheti soulmates !!
		Sylheti.com welcomes sylhetis from Sylhet, North East India, UK, USA and from all over the world !!!!
		They also offer detailed information on the most popular weight loss programs.
	www.sylheti.com (83 words)

	Sylheti translator required - Job # 43962 - ProZ.com
		Sylheti translator required - Job # 43962 - ProZ.com
		Jobs listed in these pages have been posted by outsourcers seeking quotes from language professionals.
		I am looking for a translator for about 1200 words into Sylheti.
	www.proz.com /job/43962 (128 words)

	Epilepsy Action: Sylheti Language Epilepsy Helpline for UK re (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		People with epilepsy and their families who needs advice and information in languages other then English can do this by using our Language Line service.
		In partnership with the organisation Language Line, telephone advice and information is available in 150 languages, including Sylheti.
		The caller dials the Epilepy Helpline - 0808 800 5050 - open from 9am to 4.30pm Monday to Thursday and 9am to 4pm on Fridays.
	www.epilepsy.org.uk /services/freephone_languageline.cfm?idl=63 (261 words)

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