Total population | |
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c. 10.3 million[1][2] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Bangladesh (Sylhet) India (Barak Valley, Hojai, North Tripura, Shillong) Middle East (GCC countries) Western world (United Kingdom, United States, Canada) | |
Languages | |
Sylheti (L1) Bengali (L2) | |
Religion | |
Majority: Islam Minorities: | |
Related ethnic groups | |
The Sylheti (English: /sɪˈlɛti/) or Sylhetis are an Indo-Aryan ethnocultural group[3] that are associated with the Sylhet region (Sylhet Division of Bangladesh and the Karimganj district of Assam, India). There are strong diasporic communities in Barak Valley of Assam, India,[4][1][5][6][7] North Tripura,[1] as well as in rest of Bangladesh and northeast India. They speak Sylheti, an Eastern Indo-Aryan language that is considered "a distinct language by many and a dialect of Bengali by some others".[8]
Sylheti identity is associated mainly with regional culture and language, while accompanied with an ethnic Bengali identity.[9][5]
barak-diaspora
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).