Bengali–Assamese script/Bengali alphabet
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Overview[edit | edit source]
The Bengali alphabet consists of 11 vowels and 38 consonants. An additional vowel (অ্যা) and an additional consonant (জ়) are also used in the Bengali language and are listed here. Since the wikibook Bengali has already described the Bengali alphabet in three pages, this wikibook gives only a minute summary of the alphabet.
Vowels[edit | edit source]
| Vowel | Diacritic | IPA | English equivalents | Sample audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| অ | inherent | /ɔ/ or /o/ | dawn or Scottish sole | |
| অ্যা | ্যা | /æ/ | cat | |
| আ | া | /a/ | father | |
| ই | ি | /i/ | pin | |
| ঈ | ী | /i/ | pin | |
| উ | ু | /u/ | moon | |
| ঊ | ূ | /u/ | moon | |
| ঋ | ৃ | /ɹi/ | return | |
| এ | ে | /e/ or /æ/ | bed or cap | |
| ঐ | ৈ | /oi/ | boy | |
| ও | ো | /o/ | Scottish sole | |
| ঔ | ৌ | /ou/ | boat |
Consonants[edit | edit source]
| Consonant | IPA | English equivalents | Sample audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| ক | /k/ | skip | |
| খ | /kʰ/ | sinkhole | |
| গ | /ɡ/ | garden | |
| ঘ | /ɡʱ/ | big hole | |
| ঙ | /ŋ/ | sing | |
| চ | /tʃ/ | church | |
| ছ | /tʃʰ/ | atchoo | |
| জ | /dʒ/ | gem | |
| জ় | /z/ | zero | |
| ঝ | /dʒʱ/ | hedghog | |
| ঞ | /n/ | bench | |
| ট | /ʈ/ | retroflex stick | |
| ঠ | /ʈʰ/ | aspiration of the above | |
| ড | /ɖ/ | retroflex desk | |
| ড় | /ɽ/ | American larder | |
| ঢ | /ɖʱ/ | aspiration of the above | |
| ঢ় | /ɽʱ/ | Scottish warhead | |
| ণ | /n/ | bend | |
| ত | /t̪/ | dental stick | |
| থ | /t̪ʰ/ | aspiration of the above | |
| দ | /d̪/ | dental 'desk | |
| ধ | /d̪ʱ/ | aspiration of the above | |
| ন | /n/ | not | |
| প | /p/ | spin | |
| ফ | /f/ | friend | |
| ব | /b/ | ball | |
| ভ | /bʱ/ | tab hall | |
| ম | /m/ | mother | |
| য | /dʒ/ | gem | |
| য় | /e̯/ | semivocalic e | |
| র | /ɾ/ or /r/ | American butter or ring | |
| ল | /l/ | leaf | |
| শ | /ʃ/ or /s/ | shoulder or stable | |
| ষ | /ʃ/ or /s/ | shoulder or stable | |
| স | /ʃ/ or /s/ | shoulder or stable | |
| হ | /ɦ/ | behind | |
| ৎ | /t̪/ | dental stick | |
| ং | /ŋ/ | sing | |
| ঃ | /ɦ/ | behind |