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Virtual Bangladesh: Bengali Primer: Lesson 1

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Transliteration Schema

Vowel Sounds

a/aw The o sound in god.
A The Aa sound in Aardvark.
e/ay The ay sound in bay.
i The i sound in miss.
I Long e
o The o sound in go.
u The u sound in put.
U/oo The oo sound in good.
a/ya The a sound in can.
oy The oy sound in coy

Consonant Sounds

k   [k]ick -unaspirated
kh [kh]aki - aspirated
g [g]ood - aspirated
gh [gh]etto - Aspirated
ch [Ch]ina - unaspirated ch
chh Aspirated ch
j As in [J]apan
jh  Aspirated jh
T [t]in - Unaspirated
Th [Th]ames - aspirated T
D [D] - unaspirated
Dh [Dh]aka - aspirated D
N N [upper palate]
t Soft t - As in mexican tamale
th Aspirated t - As in [th]ink.
d  Soft d - As in the french d in Alexandre Dumas.
dh Aspirated dh.
n n [Dental]
p Unaspirated
ph  Aspirated p - there is no f sound in Bangla.
b Unaspirated b
bh  Aspirative bh - there is no v sound in Bangla.
m m
r r [Dental]
l l
s s [Dental]
sh sh [Mid Palate]
Sh sh [Back Palate]
h h
R  Gutteral R

Others

(n) Nasal n. ng As in Bengali : Hard stop.

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