What is the difference between sylheti and bengali language?

Linguistically speaking the Bengali language itself is the official language of Bangladesh and is the main standard and official language of communication.It is utilised in both spoken and written forms.

Sylheti on the other hand is a distinct variant of the Bengali language and is exclusively spoken by the people who hail from the Sylhet district.It is a primarily in colloquial form and is only utilised for speaking purposes only.There is no written format to Sylheti.Native speakers of Sylheti have the advantage of being able to understand the official Bengali.Whereas non sylheti speakers may find it rather difficult to decipher the Sylheti dialect.