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whats the difference between sylheti bengali and simple bengali?:?
 
Sylheti is more straight forward I say. I understand dhakai but can't really speak it. Same with Urdu and Hindi. Can
Understand but not speak. It's funny coz sometimes I'm in a shop and they speak thinking I can't understood and I just grin at them :-D
 
Haya emaan said:
whats the difference between sylheti bengali and simple bengali?:?
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Linguistically speaking the Bengali language itself is the official language of Bangladesh and is the main standard and official language of communication.It is utilised in both spoken and written forms.
Sylheti on the other hand is a distinct variant of the Bengali language and is exclusively spoken by the people who hail from the Sylhet district.It is a primarily in colloquial form and is only utilised for speaking purposes only.There is no written format to Sylheti.Native speakers of Sylheti have the advantage of being able to understand the official Bengali.Whereas non sylheti speakers may find it rather difficult to decipher the Sylheti dialect.
 
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Iceee said:

There is no written format to Sylheti.
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there was a written format of Slyheti , most probably name is Nagri lipi . Now nobody writes in this written form but in latest book fair , I found that someone published some books in old Sylheti language with bangla translation .

Native speakers of Sylheti have the advantage of being able to understand the official Bengali.Whereas non sylheti speakers may find it rather difficult to decipher the Sylheti dialect.
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haha it reminds me of a funny incident . Once my friend was in a microbus with my mom and anuties . Later mom told me I did not nocite ur friend was there as I was talking to ur aunites . Did she follow our conversation ? We might talked about her niece who was also with her .

So , I called my friend and she told me , I tried hard to understand what they were talking about but could not understand a word ;D
 
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Periwinkle18 said:
Sylheti please :)
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well , u may say I m bengali . I can understand when people talk Sylheti but can't speak .

Here are few Slyheti lines :


Tumar num key ta ? Wha'ts ur name ?


Boynor num key ta ? What's the name of sis ?


Key ta khobor : What's the news ?

Bala aso nee ? Are u fine ?

Shorir bala nee ? Is ur health ok ?

Bou tey : Sit down

Ubao tey : wait

khana khai so ni ? Did u eat meal ?


cha khay tay ni ? Will u drink tea ?




To OP br : if u think it's

off topic , then sis may start a new thread in general section .
 
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a funny joke about Sylheti people.

Few Sylheti people in UK were in court and they asked for interpretor . Judge became angry and asked them how come they live in UK without knowing English ? He told them they must learn English.

They decided to hire a Brit lady in office ; so that they can learn English from her . After few months , not a single Sylheti people learnt English but Brit lady now can speak Sylheti fluently. :D
 
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a funny joke about Sylheti people.

Few Sylheti people in UK were in court and they asked for interpretor . Judge became angry and asked them how come they live in UK without knowing English ? He told them they must learn English.

They decided to hire a Brit lady in office ; so that they can learn English from her . After few months , not a single Sylheti people learnt English but Brit lady now can speak Sylheti fluently. :D
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lol...very funny
 
IbnAbdulHakim said:
Sylheti is more straight forward I say. I understand dhakai but can't really speak it. Same with Urdu and Hindi. Can
Understand but not speak. It's funny coz sometimes I'm in a shop and they speak thinking I can't understood and I just grin at them :-D
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Haha :p

Duno y buh sylheti's a lil funny or mayb its just me I don't pronounce it properly :p my frnd taught me a couple or words :)
 
Muslim Woman said:
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well , u may say I m bengali . I can understand when people talk Sylheti but can't speak .

Here are few Slyheti lines :


Tumar num key ta ? Wha'ts ur name ?


Boynor num key ta ? What's the name of sis ?


Key ta khobor : What's the news ?

Bala aso nee ? Are u fine ?

Shorir bala nee ? Is ur health ok ?

Bou tey : Sit down

Ubao tey : wait

khana khai so ni ? Did u eat meal ?


cha khay tay ni ? Will u drink tea ?




To OP br : if u think it's

off topic , then sis may start a new thread in general section .
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Thanks Nxt time I talk to my frnd she's gng to get surprised :p


Hmm some of the words r familiar like khana(meal) n cha ( tea in Punjabi)
 
I learnt a lil sylheti from a children's book called the victory boys by Jamal omre :p
 
it is quite similar. if it wasnt i wouldnt understand the other languages :p


although my bengali is very westernised. i still can hold a very long conversation with aunties and uncles though :-)
 
lol

i love learning languages my chinese isnt that good buh at least i cn go to a market n buy stuff and bargain ;) lol who wants to learn anything else its been 6 yrs i havnt spoken chinese.

my urdu's okay not that amazing buh i love learning ive got this fat dictionary :p

i'll learn sylheti frm u guys if its similar wouldnt take much time then.

n now i so wanna learn arabic looking for a teacher hope i find one.
 
Sorry Sasi, ami Bangali Nai.

Is what I've said about a million times since moving to London. Then they're like oh aicha, and go ask somebody else.
 

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