Sylheti
Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group
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Summary
Sylheti is an ethnic group[1]. Sylheti draws 565 Wikipedia views per month (ethnic group category, ranking #591 of 4,529).[2]
Key Facts
- Native language: Sylheti[3]
- Country: India[4]
- Instance of: ethnolinguistic group[5]
- Location: Sylhet Division[6], Barak Valley division[7], Bengaluru[8], Tripura[9], East London[10], Birmingham[11], Delhi[12]
- Subclass of: Indo-Aryan peoples[13]
- Part of: Indians[14], Bangladeshis[15], British[16]
- Commons category: Sylheti people[17]
- Has part(s): Nagar Brahmin caste[18], Maimal caste[19], Sylheti Muslim[20], Bhumij tribe[21]
- Residence: Sylhet Region[22]
- Topic's main category: Category:Sylheti people[23]
- Population: 13,980,000[24], 80,000[25], 300,000[26]
- Languages spoken, written or signed: Sylheti[27], Sanskrit[28], Arabic[29], Persian[30], Urdu[31], Bangla[32], English[33], Hindi[34], Assamese[35], Meitei[36]
- Affiliation: Srihatta Literary Society[37]
- Different from: Q139736030[38], People of Assam[39]
- Name: ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤꠘ[40], ছিলটিয়া (Kokborok)[41], ছিলটিয়া (Early Tripuri)[42], শ্রীহট্টবাসী[43], সিলেটী[44], সিলেটি[45]
- Diaspora: British Bangladeshi[46]
Why It Matters
Sylheti is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]