Language/Bengali/Pronunciation/Alphabet-and-Pronunciation

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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.

The Bengali language 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 ড় ঢ় য়
Name khô ghô ngô chô/sô chhô/ssô ǰô ǰhô ñô ṭô ṭhô ḍô ḍhô ṇô ṭô ṭhô ḍô ḍhô ṇô phôfô bhô shô ṣô ṣô ṛô ṛhô
IPA kʰɔ ɡʱɔ ŋɔ tʃɔ, tsɔ, sɔ tʃʰɔ, tsʰɔ, sɔ dʒɔ, dzɔ, zɔ dʒʱɔ, dzʱɔ nɔ, ẽɔ t̠ɔ t̠ʰɔ d̠ɔ d̠ʱɔ t̠ɔ t̠ʰɔ d̠ɔ d̠ʱɔ pʰɔ, ɸɔ, fɔ bʱɔ dʒɔ, dzɔ, zɔ ʃɔ, ɕɔ ɕɔ, ʃɔ ɕɔ, ʃɔ ɦɔ, hɔ ɽɔ ɽʱɔ e̯ɔ

Vowels

Letter
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

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