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Bengali also known as Bangla (বাংলা), is a language of the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, spoken by the Bengalis in Bangladesh and India as well as other native populations. | Bengali also known as Bangla (বাংলা), is a language of the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, spoken by the Bengalis in Bangladesh and India as well as other native populations. | ||
Bengali is written in the Brahmi script, which is also used to write many other Indian languages, such as Garo and Manipuri. There are 43 characters – 32 for consonants and 11 for vowels. | |||
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Revision as of 19:01, 27 September 2021
Bengali also known as Bangla (বাংলা), is a language of the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, spoken by the Bengalis in Bangladesh and India as well as other native populations.
Bengali is written in the Brahmi script, which is also used to write many other Indian languages, such as Garo and Manipuri. There are 43 characters – 32 for consonants and 11 for vowels.
Consonants
Letter | ক | খ | গ | ঘ | ঙ | চ | ছ | জ | ঝ | ঞ | ট | ঠ | ড | ঢ | ণ | ট | ঠ | ড | ঢ | ণ | প | ফ | ব | ভ | ম | য | র | র | শ | ষ | ষ | হ | ড় | ঢ় | য় |
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Name | kô | khô | gô | ghô | ngô | chô/sô | chhô/ssô | ǰô | ǰhô | ñô | ṭô | ṭhô | ḍô | ḍhô | ṇô | ṭô | ṭhô | ḍô | ḍhô | ṇô | pô | phôfô | bô | bhô | mô | jô | rô | rô | shô | ṣô | ṣô | hô | ṛô | ṛhô | yô |
IPA | kɔ | kʰɔ | gɔ | ɡʱɔ | ŋɔ | tʃɔ, tsɔ, sɔ | tʃʰɔ, tsʰɔ, sɔ | dʒɔ, dzɔ, zɔ | dʒʱɔ, dzʱɔ | nɔ, ẽɔ | t̠ɔ | t̠ʰɔ | d̠ɔ | d̠ʱɔ | nɔ | t̠ɔ | t̠ʰɔ | d̠ɔ | d̠ʱɔ | nɔ | pɔ | pʰɔ, ɸɔ, fɔ | bɔ | bʱɔ | mɔ | dʒɔ, dzɔ, zɔ | rɔ | rɔ | ʃɔ, ɕɔ | ɕɔ, ʃɔ | ɕɔ, ʃɔ | ɦɔ, hɔ | ɽɔ | ɽʱɔ | e̯ɔ |
Vowels
Letter | অ | আ | ই | ঈ | উ | ঊ | ঋ | এ | ঐ | ও | ঔ |
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Diacritic | ◌ | া | ি | ী | ু | ূ | ৃ | ে | ৈ | ো | ৌ |
Name | ô | a | i | īee | u | ūoo | ṛri | e | oi | o | ou |
IPA | ɔ, o | a | i | i | u | u | ri | e, ɛ | oi | o, ʊ | ou |