ny (n), – This sound is often pronounced similarly to a nasally “ny”, such as in English “canyon”.

Y (j) – This pronunciation is the same as j.

j (j), – A similar English word to “joy” but pronounced differently in Bengali dialects.

This is an aspirated sound c, similar to the “ch” in “chair.”

c (ch), – This one is not aspirated, similar to the “ch” in beach.

ng (ng), – This is similar to the “ng” in English.

kh (kh), – This is an aspirated version of k.

Here’s a list of all the Bengali consonants. The consonant can be pronounced with an intrinsic “o” sound, similar to the English “on” sound. A vowel may not be attached to a consonant.

Unaspirated is pronounced without any air.Ĭonsonants that do not contain an “h” in the romanization are often unaspirated.

Dental (the tongue touches the back of your top tooth).

Retroflex (made with your tongue curled up).

Palatal (made by your tongue touching your roof of your mouth).

Gutteral (made in your back of your throat).

chh, for example, is ch in Bengali but ch at Devanagari.īengali has 32 consonants. They can be divided into five types: Many letters are not the same in appearance. Devanagari tends to be more blocky than Bengali, which is why it is so difficult to see beneath. Devanagari’s m is, however, written as m in Bengali. It is similar to Thai or Hindi. Because a horizontal line, called a martra (maatraa), connects letters into one word, it is very similar to Devanagari.Īlthough you might believe that these alphabets are identical, there are many differences between them, such as those between Latin and Cyrillic. It’s used to write Bengali and Assamese and sometimes Sanskrit. The Bengali alphabet is also known as the Bangla and Bengali-Assamese alphabets.

Reading and writing in Bengali is easy with practice!.

Most Common Consonant Clusters in Bengali.

Consonant Clusters in the Bengali Alphabet.

How to read consonants without vowel marks.

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