7sleepersmusic<p>'...many Bangladeshis in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Michigan</span></a> speak <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sylheti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sylheti</span></a>, a dialect used by 11 million people in the world. However, interpreters often speak standardized formal <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bengali" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bengali</span></a> language. “We’ve seen so many people denied or deported because of the language barrier. They don’t understand these are Sylheti speakers.”' <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bangladesh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bangladesh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Refugees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Refugees</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Detroit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Detroit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hamtramck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hamtramck</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NargisRahman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NargisRahman</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BridgeDetroit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BridgeDetroit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WDET" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WDET</span></a> <a href="https://wdet.org/2025/03/19/shustho-how-language-access-affects-health-care-for-bangladeshi-women-in-michigan/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wdet.org/2025/03/19/shustho-ho</span><span class="invisible">w-language-access-affects-health-care-for-bangladeshi-women-in-michigan/</span></a></p>