In some Persian, Arabic, and English loanwords, the letter জ borgiyo jô represents the sound even in educated speech, such as in জাকাত jakat/zakat “charity” or জোন jon/zon “zone”. In a lot of dialects, especially in Bangladesh, চ cô and ছ chô are pronounced like, while জ borgiyo jô and ঝ jhô are pronounced like. The letter ঞ ĩô is exceedingly rare, and it is mostly used in the name মিঞা minya “Miah/Mian”. ঞ: ĩô ny ̣ (kinda like a nasalized ny like in ca nyon).The C-series consonants are palato-alveolar, so your tongue should be touching your hard palate like you would for English or Spanish ch. If you need a refresher, check out the last lesson.įor each consonant, I’ll give the letter itself, its name, its transliteration, the IPA in brackets, and a pronunciation example in parentheses. Remember the distinction between aspirated and unaspirated consonants from the last lesson. In this lesson, we’ll go over the C-, Ṭ-, T-, and P- series of consonants. 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.Welcome to another Bengali alphabet lesson! In previous lessons, we covered the vowels and the K-series of consonants. ষ Sound of ‘sh’ when the tongue touches the roots of the teeth ফ Sound of ‘f’ if pronounced with closed lips 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. Learning the Bengali alphabet is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation.
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