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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.
Many Sylheti cricketers have played for the Bangladesh national cricket team such as Alok Kapali, Enamul Haque Jr, Nazmul Hossain, Rajin Saleh and Tapash Baisya. Beanibazar SC is the only Sylheti club which as qualified for the Bangladesh League and Alfaz Ahmed was a Sylheti who played for the Bangladesh national football team.
Sylheti may refer to: Sylhetis, an Indo-Aryan ethnocultural group in the Sylhet division and South Assam; Sylheti language, a language of the Sylheti region;
Sylheti is spoken by the vast majority of the people, while Standard Bengali is the official language used by the state government and officials. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] [ 40 ] 2,424 (0.45%) of the population are of an ethnic minority, of which 2,040 are Manipuri .
Sylheti is the most widely spoken in the division. The Adivasis and tea labourers brought over during the British colonial rule also have their own native languages such as Khasi , Kuki , Laiunghtor , Meitei , Bishnupriya Manipuri , Hajong , Garo , Odia , Kurmi creole , Hindi , Bhumij and Tripuri .
Sylheti Nagri or Sylheti Nāgarī (Sylheti: ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤ, síloṭi nagri, pronounced [sílɔʈi nagɾi]), known in classical manuscripts as Nagri (ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤ) as well as by many other names, is an Indic script originating from the Kaithi script of Bihar.
Shah Abdul Majid Qureshi, first Sylheti to open a restaurant in the United Kingdom; Shelim Hussain – Founder of Euro Foods (UK) Syed Ahmed – Candidate on BBC reality television programme The Apprentice; Mohammad Ajman "Tommy" Miah MBE – Celebrity chef and restaurateur. In 1991, he founded the Indian Chef of the Year Competition.
Hossain, Ashfaque. “The World of the Sylheti Seamen in the Age of Empire, from the Late Eighteenth Century to 1947.” Journal of global history 9, no. 3 (2014): 425–446. Hossain, Ashfaque. “Historical Globalization and Its Effects: a Study of Sylhet and Its People, 1874-1971”. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 2009. Ludden, David.