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This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Sylheti on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Sylheti in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
Sylheti [a] (Sylheti Nagri: ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ, síloṭi, pronounced ⓘ; Bengali: সিলেটি, sileṭi, pronounced) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by an estimated 11 million people, primarily in the Sylhet Division of Bangladesh, Barak Valley of Assam, and northern parts of Tripura in India.
Syloti Nagri (Sylheti pronunciation: [silɔʈi nagɾi]) is a Unicode block containing characters of the Syloti Nagri script for writing the Sylheti language. Syloti Nagri [1] [2] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
The Sylheti language, which some consider as a dialect of Bengali, [20] while many linguists consider it as a distinct language, [21] is central to Sylheti identity. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] Its unique phonetic qualities and vocabulary often make it unintelligible to standard Bengali speakers, which contributes to a sense of separateness among Sylhetis.
There is a difference between the pronunciation of ꠞ rô and ꠠ ṛô, though in ordinary speech these are pronounced the same as /ɾɔ/. Like many other Indic scripts, special ligatures for consonant clusters, or conjunct consonants, are used in Sylheti Nagri. [39] For example, ꠞ꠆ꠟ rlô is a conjunct of ꠞ rô and ꠟ lô.
Sylhet (Sylheti: ꠍꠤꠟꠐ; Bengali: সিলেট; IPA:) is a metropolitan city in the north eastern region of Bangladesh. It serves as the administrative center for both the Sylhet District and the Sylhet Division.
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It is a type of hybrid reworking of the English 'Sylheti' and the Sylheti (Siloti) pronunciation that keeps with the already recognized ISO language code for Sylheti language, which is 'syl'. Like how the Bengali language 'Bangla' has taken on its transcription spelling, the transcription spelling of the Sylheti language would be 'Siloti', no ...