Though in formal speech they are pronounced as flaps, most colloquial speakers pronounce them similarly to র bôy shunno rô. ড় ḍôy shunno ṛo and ঢ় ḍhôy shunno ṛho are forms of ড ḍô and ঢ ḍhô used between vowels. স donto shô also represents the sound in loanwords, especially from Arabic, Persian, and English. Additionally, শ talobbo shô and স donto shô make the sound before other consonants. All three have the default pronunciation of, like the sh in sham. There are three sibilants, or s-like sounds, in Bengali. শ talobbo shô sh or s or ( sh in sham or s in sam).They have the same pronunciation, but the latter is used primarily in words from Sanskrit and in forms of the verb যাওয়া jaoa “to go”. Bengali has two letters for the sound represented by j in English: জ borgiyo jô and য ôntostho jô. Welcome to the penultimate Bengali alphabet lesson! We’ll cover the last 14 consonants.įor each consonant, I’ll give the letter itself, its name, its transliteration, the IPA in brackets, and a pronunciation example in parentheses.
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