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 This lesson teaches the alphabet in Bengali, including the script and pronunciation. 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. That way it will be easy for you to see the letters when they are separate and when they are in a word. I will try to give examples using both words and sound. If you stay with me from start to finish, I promise you that you will learn a lot. Use the capital to type letters subscribed with a dot below: T, Th, D, Dh, N, R, Rh, S Type G for ng & J for Type z or or sh for Type aa, ii, uu (or A.

This includes the script and pronunciation. The script is shared by Assamesewith minor variations, and is the basis for the other writing systems like Meitheiand Bishnupriya Manipuri. Learning the Bengali alphabet is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. This first lesson teaches the alphabet in Bengali. The Bengali alphabetor Bangla alphabet(Bengali: Bangla lipi) is the writing systemfor the Bengali languageand is the 6th most widely used writing systemin the world.

Bengali alphabet and pronunciation