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Bengali script

NameBengali abugida
TypeAbugida
LanguagesBengali
Time11th Century to the present
RegionIndia and Nepal
Fam1Proto-Sinaitic
Fam2Phoenician
Fam3Aramaic
Fam4Brāhmī
Fam5Gupta script
Fam6Siddham
Fam7Eastern Nagari
UnicodeU+09FF
Iso15924Beng
SampleBengali script.png
Imagesize250px

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The Bengali script ( bangla lipi or bôņgôlipi) is the writing system for the Bengali language. It is also used, with some modifications, for Assamese, Meitei, Bishnupriya Manipuri, Kokborok, Garo and Mundari languages. All these languages are spoken in the eastern region of South Asia. Historically, the script has also been used to write the Sanskrit language in the same region. From a classificatory point of view, the Bengali script is an abugida, i.e. its vowel graphemes are mainly realized not as independent letters like in a true alphabet, but as diacritics attached to its consonant graphemes. It is written from left to right and lacks distinct letter cases. It is recognizable by a distinctive horizontal line running along the tops of the letters that links them together, a property it shares with two other popular Indian scripts: Devanagari (used for Hindi, Marathi and Nepali) and Gurumukhi (used for Punjabi). The Bengali script is, however, less blocky and presents a more sinuous shaping.

Bengali script Video

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Vowel graphemes :
+ Bengali vowel graphemes (স্বরবর্ণ shôrobôrno)
Full form Name of
full form
IPA
transcription
Diacritic form,
used with
the consonant [kɔ] (ক)
Name of
diacritic form
Transliteration IPA
shôro ô
(shôre ô)
"vowel ô"
/ɔ/ and /o/ (none) (none) kô and ko /kɔ/ and /ko/
shôro a
(shôre a)
"vowel a"
/a/ কা akar ka /ka/
hrôshsho i
(hrôshsho i)
"short i"
/i/ কি hrôshsho ikar
(roshshikar)
ki /ki/
dirgho i
"long i"
/i/ কী dirgho ikar
(dirghikar)
ki /ki/
hrôshsho u
(rôshsho u)
"short u"
/u/ কু hrôshsho ukar
(roshshukar)
ku /ku/
dirgho u
"long u"
/u/ কূ dirgho ukar
(dirghukar)
ku /ku/
ri /ri/ কৃ rikar/rifôla kri /kri/
e /e/ and /æ/ কে ekar kê and ke /ke/ and /kæ/
oi /oj/ কৈ oikar koi /koj/
o /o/ কো okar ko /ko/
ou /ow/ কৌ oukar kou /kow/

Consonant graphemes :
+ Bengali consonant graphemes (ব্যঞ্জনবর্ণ bênjonbôrno)
Letter Name of
consonant grapheme
Transliteration IPA
k /k/
khô kh /kʰ/
g /ɡ/
ghô gh /ɡʱ/
ungô, umô ņ /ŋ/
chô ch /tʃ/
chhô chh /tʃʰ/
borgio jô
(burgijjô)
j /dʒ/
jhô jh /dʒʱ/
ingô, niô n /n/
ţô ţ /ʈ/
ţhô ţh /ʈʰ/
đô đ /ɖ/
đhô đh /ɖʱ/
murdhonno nô
(moddhennô)
n /n/
t /t̪/
thô th /t̪ʰ/
d /d̪/
dhô dh /d̪ʱ/
donto nô
(dontennô)
n /n/
p /p/
phô ph /pʰ/
bô (the so-called borgio bô) b /b/
bhô bh /bʱ/
m /m/
ôntostho jô
(ontostejô)
j /dʒ/
(bôe bindu/shunno) rô r /ɾ/
l /l/
talobbo shô
(taleboshshô)
sh and s /ʃ/ / /s/
murdhonno shô
(muddhennoshshô)
(peţ kaţa shô)
sh /ʃ/
donto shô
(donteshshô)
sh and s /ʃ/ / /s/
h /h/
য় ôntostho ô
(ontosteô)
e and � /e̯/ /-
ড় đôe shunno/bindu ŗô ŗ /ɽ/
ঢ় đhôe shunno/bindu ŗô ŗh /ɽ/

Modifiers and others : Exceptional consonant-vowel combinations
+ Modifier and other graphemes in Bengali
Symbol with [kɔ] (ক) Name Function Transliteration IPA
ক্ hôshonto
"final hôsh"
Suppresses the inherent vowel [ɔ] k /k/
কৎ khônđo tô
"broken tô"
Final unaspirated dental [t̪] (ত) kôt /kɔt̪/
কং ônushshôr Final velar nasal kôņ /kɔŋ/
কঃ bishôrgo
কঁ chôndrobindu
"moon-dot"
Vowel nasalization kôñ /kɔ̃/

Digits and numerals :
+ Bengali digits
English digits 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Bengali digits
Bengali names
of digits
shunno êk dui tin char pãch chhôe shat nôe
শূন্য এক দুই তিন চার পাঁচ ছয় সাত আট নয়

Example words
Examples :
মন mana mana mana mana mon [mon]
সাপ snake sāpa sApa saapa sApa shap [ʃap]
শাপ curse śāpa zApa shaapa zApa shap [ʃap]
মত opinion mata mata mata mata môt [mɔt̪]
মত like mata mata mata mata môto [mɔt̪o]
তেল oil tēla tela tela tela tel [t̪el]
গেল went gēla gela gela gela gêlo [ɡɛlo]
জ্বর fever jvara jvara jvara jvara jôr [dʒɔr]
স্বাস্থ্য health svāsthya svAsthya svaasthya svAsthya shastho [ʃast̪ʰo]
বাংলাদেশ Bangladesh bāṃlādēśa bAMlAdeza baa.mlaadesha bAMlAdeza Bangladesh [baŋlad̪eʃ]
ব্যঞ্জনধ্বনি consonant byañjanadhvani byaJjanadhvani bya~njanadhvani byaJjanadhvani bênjondhoni [bɛndʒond̪ʱoni]
আত্মহত্যা suicide ātmahatyā AtmahatyA aatmahatyaa AtmahatyA attõhotta [at̪ːõhot̪ːa]

Romanization Reference :

Vowels
Romanization Reference :
a a a ô/o [ɔ]/[o]
ā ā A~aa A a [a]
i i i i i [i]
ī ī I~ii I i [i]
u u u u u [u]
ū ū U~uu U u [u]
RRi~R^i R ri [ri]
ē e e e ê/e [ɛ]/[e]
ai ai ai ai oi [oj]
ō o o o o [o]
au au au au ou [ow]

Consonants
Romanization Reference :
k k k k k [k]
kh kh kh kh kh [kʰ]
g g g g g [ɡ]
gh gh gh gh gh [ɡʱ]
~N G ng [ŋ]
c c ch c ch [tʃ]
ch ch Ch ch chh [tʃʰ]
j j j j j [dʒ]
jh jh jh jh jh [dʒʱ]
ñ ñ ~n J n [n]
T T ţ [ʈ]
ṭh ṭh Th Th ţh [ʈʰ]
D D đ [ɖ]
ড় .D P ŗ [ɽ]
ḍh ḍh Dh Dh đh [ɖʱ]
ঢ় ḍh ḏh .Dh Ph ŗ [ɽ]
N N n [n]
t t t t t [t̪]
th th th th th [t̪ʰ]
d d d d d [d̪]
dh dh dh dh dh [d̪ʱ]
n n n n n [n]
p p p p p [p]
ph ph ph ph ph [pʰ]
b b b b b [b]
bh bh bh bh bh [bʱ]
m m m m m [m]
y y y j [dʒ]
য় y Y Y e/- [e]/ -
r r r r r [r]
l l l l l [l]
ś ś sh z sh/s [ʃ]/[s]
Sh S sh [ʃ]
s s s s sh/s [ʃ]/[s]
h h h h h [ɦ]

Miscellaneous
Romanization Reference :
H H varies varies
.m M ng [ŋ]
ɱ .N ~ ~ [~] (nasalization)
্য y y y y varies varies
্ব v v v v varies varies
ক্ষ kṣ kṣ x kS kkh/kh [kʰː]/[kʰ]
জ্ঞ GY Jj gg/g [ɡː]/[ɡ]
শ্র śr śr shr zr sr [sr]

Probhat keyboard layout :
Grapheme Percentage
11.32
8.96
7.01
6.63
4.44
4.15
4.14
3.83
2.78

Bengali

LinguisticsGrammar * Phonology * Vocabulary * Dialects * Consonant clusters * Script * Romanization * Input methods
InstitutionsBangla Academy * Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi * Vangiya Sahitya Parishad * Bishwa Sahitya Kendra
LiteratureLiterature * Authors * Poets * Bangla Academy Award * Ekushey Padak * Sahitya Akademi Award * Ananda Purashkar * Rabindra Puraskar
PersonalitiesNathaniel Brassey Halhed * John Beames * Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar * Rabindranath Tagore
OtherBengali Language Movement * International Mother Language Day * Ekushey Book Fair * Kolkata Book Fair * States of India by Bengali speakers

Bengali culture

General Art * Architecture of Bengal * Architecture of Bangladesh * Calendar * Cinema * Cuisine * History * Language * Literature * Music * Poetry * Renaissance * Script * Sport (Bangladesh) * Theatre * Wedding * Bengali people (list) |
Specific Dhaki * Fairs in Birbhum * Folk Culture of Bangladesh * Folk Literature of Bangladesh * Jatra * Maimansingha Gitika * Nabanna * Panjika * Pohela Baishakh * Poush Mela * Rabindra Sangeet * Tarja
Folk songs and dancesAlkap * Baul * Bhadu * Bhatiali * Bhawaiya * Chhau * Gombhira * Kavigan
Crafts Bankura horse * Craft centres in West Bengal * Dhakai * Dhokra * Jamdani * Kantha * Nakshi Kantha * Sholapith |



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