Even though the open-mid front unrounded vowel /ɛ/ is one of the seven main vowel sounds in the standard Bengali language, no distinct vowel symbol has been allotted for it in the script since there is no /ɛ/ sound in Sanskrit, the primary written language when the script was conceived.Bengali, Assamese and Odia which are Eastern languages have this value for the inherent vowel, while other languages using Brahmic scripts have a for their inherent vowel.

' অ' ô ( স্বর অ shôrô ô, 'vocalic ô') /ɔ/ sounds as the default Inherent vowel for the entire Bengali script.

All of them are used in both Bengali and Assamese languages. The swôrôbôrnôs represent six of the seven main vowel sounds of Bengali, along with two vowel diphthongs. The Bengali script has a total of 9 vowel graphemes, each of which is called a স্বরবর্ণ swôrôbôrnô 'vowel letter'. Vowels & Consonant are used as alphabet and also diacritical marks. The Bengali script can be divided into vowels and vowel diacritics/marks, consonants and consonant conjuncts, diacritical and other symbols, digits, and punctuation marks.

1.8 Characteristics of the Bengali text.

You saw how a letter is written and might be pronounced, but there is nothing better than hearing the sound of the letters in a video or audio. ষ Sound of ‘sh’ when the tongue touches the roots of the teeth ফ Sound of ‘f’ if pronounced with closed lips ধ sound produced by coupling soft ‘d’ and ‘h’= ‘dh’ ণ Nasal sound when the tongue touches a bit away from teeth

ঞ Just like ‘gn’ of gnome with a slight up movement of tongue ঝ This is produced using the naval sounds while the tongue touches the upper part of mouth cavity The better you pronounce a letter in a word, the more understood you will be in speaking the Bengali language.īelow is a table showing the Bengali alphabet and how it is pronounced in English, and finally examples of how those letters would sound if you place them in a word. Without it, you will not be able to say words properly even if you know how to write those words. Learning the Bengali alphabet is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation.

Sanskrit alphabet with bengali alphabet