What group of people from Indian speak an Eastern Indo-Aryan language?
Sylhetis The Sylhetis (Sylheti: ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ , Bengali: সিলেটি ) are an Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group of people who speak the Sylheti language and are native to the Sylhet Division of Bangladesh and the Barak Valley of the Indian state of Assam, with a sizeable population in Shillong, Meghalaya and Tripura of India and in London, United Kingdom. They are described as being both synonymous with Bengalis as well as a separate ethnic group due to historical isolation and lack of mutual intelligibility between their languages.
Assamese language Assamese ( ) or Asamiya (Assamese: অসমীয়া "Ôxômiya ") is an Eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken mainly in the Indian state of Assam, where it is an official language. It is the easternmost Indo-Aryan language and by extension the easternmost indigenous Indo-European language; it is spoken by over 15 million native speakers, and serves as a "lingua franca" in the region. It is also spoken in parts of Arunachal Pradesh and other northeast Indian states. Nagamese, an Assamese-based Creole language is widely used in Nagaland and parts of Assam. Nefamese is an Assamese-based pidgin used in Arunachal Pradesh. Small pockets of Assamese speakers can be found in Bangladesh. The Indo-Aryan dialects of North Bengal and northwest Bangladesh are linguistically closer to Assamese, have cultural and literary affinities with Bengali. In the past, it was the court language of the Ahom kingdom from the 17th century.