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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Syloti canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern Indo-Aryan language
ⓘ
language ⓘ |
| alternateName | Sylheti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity | Sylhet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Bengali language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| consideredByOthersAs | separate language ⓘ |
| consideredBySomeAs | dialect of Bengali ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeSpelling |
Sylheti
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Syloti Nagri (for script name context) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasApproximateSpeakers | several million ⓘ |
| hasCulturalDomain |
folk songs
ⓘ
local theatre ⓘ oral literature ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
rural Syloti
ⓘ
urban Syloti ⓘ |
| hasDistinctGrammarFrom | Bengali language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDistinctPhonologyFrom | Bengali language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEndangermentStatus | vulnerable in some urban contexts due to shift to Bengali ⓘ |
| hasGlottologName | Sylheti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North America NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasScriptUnicodeBlock | Syloti Nagri Unicode block NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStandardFormInfluencedBy | Bengali standard language ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | syl ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Indo-Aryan languages
ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ |
| primaryRegion | Sylhet Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | northeastern South Asia ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Assam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bangladesh NERFINISHED ⓘ India ⓘ Meghalaya NERFINISHED ⓘ Sylhet region NERFINISHED ⓘ Tripura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Eastern Indo-Aryan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedByEthnicGroup | Sylheti people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn | everyday communication in Sylhet region ⓘ |
| usedInEducation | non-formal community-based education in some areas ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Bengali-Assamese script
ⓘ
Sylheti Nagri script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.