The ordinary people for everyday matters. The Sylheti language and alphabet continued to be used by In the late 17th century, Persian became the official language of theĭelhi Sultanate and the Perso-Arabic script was used in all officialĭocuments. Other scripts used at the time were deemed unsuitable for Saint Shahjalal and his 360 saintly companions, most of whom were Arabic Is that it was developed around the beginning of the 14th century by
The traditionally story of the origin of the Syloti-Nagri alphabet The exact origins of the alphabet are unknown and the earliest surviving manuscripts dates from either 1549 or 1774 (the date is given within the manuscript though the text is not clear at that point). The Syloti-Nagri alphabet is related to the Kaithi alphabet of Bihar. It is also written with the Eastern Nagari and Latin alphabets. Sylheti has first written with the Syloti-Nagri alphabet, possibly in the 16th century. Sylheti is closely related to Bengali, and most speakers are bilingual in Sylheti and Bengali. Writing systems: Syloti-Nagri, Eastern Nagari and Latin alphabets.
