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Sylheti

vr.tr.sylheti · INF.MED

Let an agent explain Sylheti, relay classification, geography, script history and the language-versus-dialect debate from linguistic sources with positions attributed, describe the script aliases, and distinguish Sylheti from standard Bengali, Assamese and other Eastern Indo-Aryan languages.

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain Sylheti, relay classification, geography, script history and the language-versus-dialect debate from linguistic sources with positions attributed, describe the script aliases, and distinguish Sylheti from standard Bengali, Assamese and other Eastern Indo-Aryan languages.

An Eastern Indo-Aryan language of the Bengali-Assamese group spoken by millions in the Sylhet region of north-eastern Bangladesh and the Barak Valley of Assam in India, and by a large diaspora, notably in the United Kingdom; the registry aliases name Sylheti written in the Bengali-Assamese, Latin and Devanagari scripts, and it historically had its own Sylheti Nagri script. Whether Sylheti is a distinct language or a dialect of Bengali is debated, with linguistic and sociolinguistic arguments attributed, and it is largely spoken rather than written today.

What it is for: Communication among Sylheti speakers.

It can be explain classification and geography; relay script history; present the language-dialect debate with attribution; distinguish related languages.

Distinguishing features

Bengali-Assamese group

Sylhet and diaspora

Historical Nagri script

Contested status

What it looks like

Not a physical object; spoken, and written in several scripts including the historical Sylheti Nagri.

Physical character

region: Sylhet and the Barak Valley note

historical script: Sylheti Nagri note

registry parent: Bengali-Assamese note

How it is recognised

Eastern Indo-Aryan language of the Sylhet region

Sylheti in Bengali-Assamese script, Sylheti in Latin script, Sylheti in Devanagari script

Standard Bengali is the prestige language; Assamese is a related language; other Eastern Indo-Aryan languages include Odia

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

Bengali-Assamese languages

is contrasted with -

Bengali language

is contrasted with -

Assamese language

was written in -

Sylheti Nagri

In practice

Families and kinds

Sylheti in Bangladesh

Sylheti in the Barak Valley

diaspora Sylheti

Standards and regulation

ISO 639-3 code syl

Language policies in Bangladesh and India

Failure modes and hazards

Presenting the language-dialect question as settled

Stale speaker figures

Confusing Sylheti with standard Bengali

Also called

Sylheti in Bengali-Assamese scriptSylheti in Latin scriptSylheti in Devanagari script

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What Sylheti is.

Attribution.

Definition

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is Sylheti, and how does it differ from standard Bengali, Assamese and other Eastern Indo-Aryan languages? definition
  2. Is the question about the language-versus-dialect debate, which should be presented with positions attributed? boundary

Scripts

Script aliases.

Scripts

Scripts.

  1. How is Sylheti written in Bengali-Assamese, Latin and Devanagari scripts, and what was Sylheti Nagri? definition
  2. Which entry fits Sylheti Nagri? action
Classification Classification.

Attribution.

Group

Bengali-Assamese group.

Group

Group.

  1. How is Sylheti classified within Eastern Indo-Aryan? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Debate

Language or dialect.

Debate

Debate.

  1. What arguments treat Sylheti as a language or as a dialect, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
Writing Script history.

Sources.

Nagri

Sylheti Nagri.

Nagri

Nagri.

  1. What was the Sylheti Nagri script and its history? provenance
  2. Which entry fits Sylheti Nagri? action

Modern

Modern writing.

Modern

Modern.

  1. How is Sylheti written today, mostly in Bengali script? provenance
  2. Is the information accurate? boundary
Context Community.

Sources.

Diaspora

Diaspora.

Diaspora

Diaspora.

  1. How large is the Sylheti-speaking diaspora, especially in the UK? provenance
  2. Is the information current? boundary

Status

Status and vitality.

Status

Status.

  1. What is the status and vitality of Sylheti, with findings attributed? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary

What the second pass must settle

  • How should the language-versus-dialect debate be presented?
  • Should Sylheti Nagri be a separate entry?
  • How should diaspora communities be documented?