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This paper proposes a preliminary architecture for text translation between two dialectal variants of Bengali-Sylheti and Chalita Bangla. The proposed system consists of a single main module—the dialect translation module, capable of translating a given word, or group of words in one of the dialects to the other. The outcome of this study is twofold—first, from the linguistic point of view, such a system will help in understanding and analyzing the dialectal differences and second, from a social viewpoint, it will be helpful to people interested in learning/speaking/communicating in either or both the dialects. The paper takes a tour through textual analysis, construction, and morphology of words, grammar, and ambiguity and finally, proposes a methodology for such an intended translation system.
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Chalmers (1996) reports at least 80% vocabulary overlap.
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We would like to thank Mr. Wahiduzzaman Laskar, Mr. Muktar Hussain Laskar and Mr. Mahbubul Hasan Laskar and Dr. Rajib Das for their valuable advice on various aspects of this paper.
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Chakraborty, S., Sinha, A., Nath, S. (2018). A Bengali-Sylheti Rule-Based Dialect Translation System: Proposal and Preliminary System. In: Mandal, J., Saha, G., Kandar, D., Maji, A. (eds) Proceedings of the International Conference on Computing and Communication Systems. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 24. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6890-4_44
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