Sylheti Nagari

Infobox Writing system
name=Sylheti Nagari
"Silôṭi Nagôri"
type=Abugida
languages=Sylheti, Bengali
iso15924=Sylo
time=16th-20th Century
unicode= [http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/UA800.pdf U+A800–U+A82F]

Sylheti Nagari or Syloti Nagri ("Silôṭi Nagôri") is the original script used for writing the Sylheti language. It is an almost extinct script, as the Sylheti language is currently written in the Eastern Nagari script also used for Bengali and Assamese. It is also known as Jalalabadi Nagri, Musalmani Nagri, Phul Nagri etc.

ylheti symbols

Vowels

* 5 independent vowels
* 5 dependent vowel signs attached to a consonant letter

Modifiers

Consonants

* 27 consonants

Digits

Sylheti Nagari in Unicode

The Unicode range for Sylheti Nagari is U+A800–U+A82F. Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points.

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References

External links

* [http://www.omniglot.com/writing/syloti.htm Omniglot]
* [http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/S_0656.htm Description of the script]
* [http://lughat.blogspot.com/2007/07/writing-codas-from-sylhet-to-winnipeg.html Writing codas, from Sylhet to Winnipeg]