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A script for a language called a dialect.
Also known as: Sylheti Nagari, Jalalabadi Nagri
The script used for Sylheti in north-east Bengal, revived after near-disappearance.
Wrote Sylheti in a script distinct from the Bengali used for the surrounding region.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Its existence is part of a live argument about whether Sylheti is a language or a dialect of Bengali, so the script is evidence in a dispute about the status of the speech it records.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Rounded Brahmic letters with a smaller inventory than Bengali, written left to right with a partial headstroke.