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Page 1 ... This 2-page guide is designed to help remember the Bangla alphabet and the ... ho ro rho. (a) y to ng. (a) Aspirated. * this letter only occurs in conjuncts.
The Bangla alphabet This 2-page guide is designed to help remember the Bangla alphabet and the order of the letters. I’ve included a rough guide to the sounds that the letters correspond to but haven’t attempted a thorough guide to pronunciation as this is difficult to learn without listening to Bangla being spoken.

Vowels

Letter

a  i " u ( + e 2 o 5

Sound O A (far) I (be) I U U R E (hey) oi O ou

Vowel sign

Sign with 

◌ !◌ ◌# ◌& ◌) ◌1◌ 3◌ 1◌ 1◌6

 ! # k k 1 3 1 16

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The Bangla alphabet

Consonants Read from left to right

 7 8 9 : ko

Kho (a)

ng

cho

@ A B C

D

E F G H I

to

no

tho (a)

go

do

gho (a)

; < я > ?

Dho (a)

J K L M N po

pho (a)

Bo

bho (a)

mo

to

cho (a)

tho (a)

jo

do

Jho (a)

dho (a)

jo

ro

lo

sho

Y ◌Z ◌[ ◌\

sho

to

ro

rho (a)

y

no

O P Q R S

T U V W X ho

niyo*

sho

ng

(a) Aspirated * this letter only occurs in conjuncts

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