11 Facts About Sylheti Nagri

Sylheti Nagri or Sylheti Nagari, known in classical manuscripts as Sylhet Nagri amongst many other names, is a writing system of the Brahmic family.

Sylhet Nagri is a compound of "Sylhet" and "nagri".

Nagendranath Basu asserts that Sylheti Nagri is named after the Nagar Brahmins who were known for retaining their Sylheti Nagri scripts whilst adopting the local language of places which they migrated to.

The literature of Sylheti Nagri was written in a similar style, however is distinguished with its phonology and some vocabulary being strongly influenced by Sylheti.

Simplistic nature of the script inspired a lot of poets, though the bulk of Sylheti Nagri literature was born in the late 19th century.

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Many Sylheti Nagri presses fell out of use during the Bangladeshi Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, including Islamia Press in Sylhet town which was destroyed by a fire.

Many Sylheti Nagri presses fell out of use during the Bangladeshi Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, including Islamia Press in Sylhet town which was destroyed by a fire.

In 2009, the publication of literature in the Sylheti Nagri script recommenced in Bangladesh through the efforts of Mostafa Selim, who founded a publishing company called Utsho Prokashon based in Dhaka, and Anwar Rashid's New Nation Library in Puran Lane, Sylhet.

The government enabled free circulation of books about Sylheti Nagri to be distributed to schools and colleges in Sylhet.

Syloti Sylheti Nagri was added to the Unicode Standard in March 2005 with the release of version 4.

Syloti Sylheti Nagri was added to the Unicode Standard in March 2005 with the release of version 4.