Bengali Alphabet: Vowels And Consonants Flashcards
1
Q
অ
A
ɔ - like ‘a’ in ‘cot’
2
Q
আ
A
a - like ‘a’ in ‘father’
3
Q
ই
A
i - like ‘ee’ in ‘see’
4
Q
ঈ
A
ii - long ‘ee’ sound
5
Q
উ
A
u - like ‘u’ in ‘put’
6
Q
ঊ
A
uu - long ‘oo’ sound
7
Q
ঋ
A
ri - unique sound
8
Q
এ
A
e - like ‘e’ in ‘they’
9
Q
ঐ
A
oi - like ‘oi’ in ‘boil’
10
Q
ও
A
o - like ‘o’ in ‘go’
11
Q
ঔ
A
ou - like ‘ow’ in ‘cow’
12
Q
ক
A
k - like ‘k’ in ‘kite’
13
Q
খ
A
kh - like ‘kh’ in ‘khaki’
14
Q
গ
A
g - like ‘g’ in ‘go’
15
Q
ঘ
A
gh - like a breathy ‘g’
16
Q
ঙ
A
ng - like ‘ng’ in ‘sing’
17
Q
চ
A
ch - like ‘ch’ in ‘chop’
18
Q
ছ
A
chh - like ‘match-head’
19
Q
জ
A
j - like ‘j’ in ‘jam’
20
Q
ঝ
A
jh - like a breathy ‘j’
21
Q
ঞ
A
ny - like ‘ñ’ in Spanish
22
Q
ট
A
ṭ - retroflex ‘t’
23
Q
ঠ
A
ṭh - breathy retroflex ‘t’
24
Q
ড
A
ḍ - retroflex ‘d’
25
ঢ
ḍh - breathy retroflex 'd'
26
ণ
ṇ - retroflex 'n'
27
ত
t - dental 't'
28
থ
th - dental 'th'
29
দ
d - dental 'd'
30
ধ
dh - breathy dental 'd'
31
ন
n - like 'n' in 'net'
32
প
p - like 'p' in 'pen'
33
ফ
ph - like 'ph' in 'photo'
34
ব
b - like 'b' in 'bat'
35
ভ
bh - like a breathy 'b'
36
ম
m - like 'm' in 'man'
37
য
j/y - used for both sounds
38
র
r - like 'r' in 'run'
39
ল
l - like 'l' in 'love'
40
শ
sh - like 'sh' in 'ship'
41
ষ
ṣh - retroflex 'sh'
42
স
s - like 's' in 'sun'
43
হ
h - like 'h' in 'hat'
44
ড়
ṛ - flapped 'r'
45
ঢ়
ṛh - breathy flapped 'r'
46
য়
y - variant of 'ya'
47
ং
ng - nasal marker
48
ঃ
ḥ - aspiration
49
ঁ
nasalization mark
