Sylheti or Syloti (সিলেটী Sileṭi or ছিলটী Silôṭi) is an Eastern Indo-Aryan language variety, primarily spoken in the Sylhet Division of Bangladesh and the Barak Valley region of southern Assam. It was originally a form of Hindustani vernacular, but over the aeons, it gravitated towards standard Bengali to be considered as a dialect of the Bengali language.