Alternate Names: Sileti, Siloti, Srihattia, Sylhetti, Sylhetti Bangla, Syloti, Syloty
Dialects: None known. Reportedly similar to Assamese ,. Lexical similarity: 70% with Bengali ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 7,000,000 in Bangladesh. Population total all countries: 10,300,000. L2 users: 1,500,000 in Bangladesh.
Language Use: All ages. Also use Bengali [ben], primarily men. Bengali used in education and media. Used as L2 by Meitei [mni], War-Jaintia [aml].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 35%. Educated can read Bengali. Few women are educated. Bible portions: 1993.
Writing System: Bengali, Latin
Nation of Origin: Bangladesh
Other Comments: Muslim, Hindu.