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The Sylheti diaspora refers to the descendants of ethnic Sylhetis who emigrated out of the Sylhet Division, Bangladesh, region to the rest of world. The Sylheti diaspora numbers around one million, mainly concentrated in Britain, North America, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. A study from 2008 shows that, Britain have the largest number of Sylheti diaspora where 200,000 people speak Sylheti, which is 95% of total number of Bangladeshi people in UK. According to the census of 2009 it shows the actual number is lot higher. Sylhetis in the homeland have further developed their communities with remittances sent by Sylhetis in the United Kingdom. ==Notables== * Mohammad Ataul Karim, Scientist * Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, * Anwar Choudhury, Diplomat * Saiman Miah, Designer of London 2012 Olympic Royal Mint * Irene Khan, Former Secretary General of Amnesty International * Rushanara Ali, Member of Parliament * Khatun Sapnara * Enam Ali, MBE, FRSA * Shelim Hussain, MBE * Iqbal Ahmed, OBE British billionaire * Wali Tasar Uddin, MBE * Ajmal Masroor, Television presenter * Tommy Miah, FRSA, Celebrity chef 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sylheti diaspora」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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