Sylheti language

ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ
Silôṭi maṭ
Syloti language

Subject classification: this is a language-learning resource.

Type classification: this is a lesson resource.

Completion status: Deliberately incomplete for educational purposes.

Who is this course for?

This course is intended to teach the Sylheti language. This is a comprehensive course for people who want to develop linguistic (lexical, grammatical and phonetic) and communication skills in the Sylheti language.

Name of the language

Language	Native	Mundari (Austroasiatic)	Bengali	Hindi	Sanskrit
Original words	[silɔʈi]	[silhɛʈi]	[sileʈi]	[silahat]	[srihattia]
Anglicized spellings	Syloti	Sylheti	n/a	n/a	n/a

First contact

Let's dive straight into some simple Sylheti sentences to give you a first impression of how Sylheti is structured.

Sentence 1 : I speak Syloti.

mu•i	si•lo•ṭi	ma•ti
(Subject)	(Direct Object)	(Verb)
(I)	(Syloti)	(speak)

Note : The simple affirmative present tense Syloti sentence follows the Subject-Object-Verb (SOV) word order.

Sentence 2 : I do not speak Syloti.

mu•i	si•lo•ṭi	ma•ti	naa
(Subject)	(Direct Object)	(Verb)	(Negative marker for present)
(I)	(Syloti)	(speak)	(not)

Note : The simple negative present tense Sylheti sentence adds the negative marker -naa after the verb to make it negative.

Note :

1. As the subject changes from mui (I) to tumi (You), observe that the form of the present tense verb changes. To learn more about this, see Verbs

List of Grammar Lessons (not in order)

Lesson x. Pronouns
Lesson x. Nouns
Lesson x. Verbs
Lesson x. Adjectives
Lesson x. Adverbs
Lesson x. Degree Modifiers for adjectives, adverbs and verbs
Lesson x. Comparison with nouns, adjectives, adverbs and verbs
Lesson x. Object Pronouns
Lesson x. Word Order
Lesson x. Postpositions
Lesson x. Expressing temporal information (When or how often something happens)
Lesson x. Expressing locative information (Where something happens)
Lesson x. Expressing Obligation with Verb (modal auxiliary "zoruri")
Lesson x. Expressing Possibility with Verb (modal auxiliary "fara")
Lesson x. Expressing Ability or Knowhow with Verb (modal auxiliary "zana" or "fara")
Lesson x. Expressing Want with Verb (modal auxiliary "saua")
Lesson x. Expressing Need with Verb (modal auxiliary "dorkhar" or "laga")
Lesson x. Expressing Cause (Why something happens)
Lesson x. Expressing Consequence
Lesson x. Expressing Goal (For what something happens)
Lesson x. Expressing Opposition (how to say but, on the contrary, however, etc.)
Lesson x. Expressing Addition of Ideas (how to say and, moreover, etc)
Lesson x. Expressing Conditions (how to say if, unless, depends etc)
Lesson x. Expressing Anteriority, Posteriority and Simultaneity (how to say before, after, during etc)
Lesson x. Characterizing using relative clauses (how to add information using who, which, where, whose, that etc)
Lesson x. Asking Questions

List of Vocabulary Lessons (not in order)

Lesson x. Greetings and basic polite expressions
Lesson x. Numbers
Lesson x. Measurements and Quantities
Lesson x. Characteristics of Objects: Size, Shape, Material, Texture, Color
Lesson x. Geography and nationalities
Lesson x. Languages
Lesson x. Human Body
Lesson x. Movements, Gestures and Postures
Lesson x. Cycle of Life
Lesson x. Family
Lesson x. Relationships
Lesson x. Personal Information
Lesson x. Daily activities
Lesson x. Housing
Lesson x. Appearance and Clothing
Lesson x. Places in the city
Lesson x. Directions
Lesson x. Traveling, roads and transport
Lesson x. Personal Objects
Lesson x. Education
Lesson x. Work and Workplaces
Lesson x. Shops and shopping
Lesson x. Vacation
Lesson x. Leisure activities
Lesson x. Animals
Lesson x. Plants and Trees
Lesson x. Food
Lesson x. Eating out
Lesson x. Cooking, Recipes and Gastronomy
Lesson x. Shops and shopping
Lesson x. Graphic Arts
Lesson x. Theater
Lesson x. Cinema
Lesson x. Music
Lesson x. Architecture
Lesson x. Photography
Lesson x. Sports and games
Lesson x. Post office and other services
Lesson x. Media
Lesson x. Computers and Internet
Lesson x. Books and literature
Lesson x. Intellectual life
Lesson x. Communication
Lesson x. Feelings and Emotions
Lesson x. Health and Medicine
Lesson x. Fashion
Lesson x. Money and Banking
Lesson x. Character and Personality
Lesson x. Science and Research
Lesson x. Crime, Law and Justice
Lesson x. Environment
Lesson x. Weather and Climate
Lesson x. Economy and Finances
Lesson x. Politics
Lesson x. Social Issues
Lesson x. Morality
Lesson x. Mind and psychology
Lesson x. Time
Lesson x. The Past
Lesson x. The Future
Lesson x. Belief and religion

Appendices

Appendix x. Foreign words