The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Bengali pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. See Romanization of Bengali for a more thorough look at the sounds of Bengali.
English approximations are in some cases very loose, and only intended to give a general idea of the pronunciation.
| Consonants
|
| IPA |
Examples |
nearest English equivalent
|
| b
|
ব
|
beau
|
| bʱ
|
ভ
|
abhore
|
| d̪
|
দ
|
ado
|
| d̪ʱ
|
ধ
|
adhere
|
| ɖ
|
ড
|
guard
|
| ɖʱ
|
ঢ
|
guardhouse
|
| dʒ
|
জ
|
job
|
| dʒʱ
|
ঝ
|
hedgehog
|
| ɡ
|
গ
|
gain
|
| ɡʱ
|
ঘ
|
pigheaded
|
| ɦ
|
হ
|
ahead
|
| k
|
ক
|
sky
|
| kʰ
|
খ
|
can
|
| l
|
ল
|
leaf
|
| m
|
ম
|
moon
|
| n
|
ন
|
note
|
| ŋ
|
রং
|
feeling
|
| p
|
প
|
spy
|
| pʰ
|
ফ
|
food
|
| r
|
র
|
trilled r
|
| ɽ
|
ড়
|
US: larder
|
| ɽʱ
|
ঢ়
|
as [ɽ] plus h
|
| s
|
স
|
six
|
| ʃ
|
শ
|
shoe
|
| t̪
|
ত
|
stable
|
| t̪ʰ
|
থ
|
table
|
| ʈ
|
ট
|
art
|
| ʈʰ
|
ঠ
|
art-historian
|
| tʃ
|
চ
|
check
|
| tʃʰ
|
ছ
|
choose
|
|
| Vowels
|
| IPA |
Examples |
nearest English equivalent
|
| a
|
আ
|
father
|
| e
|
এ
|
clay
|
| ɛ
|
এ
|
festival
|
| i
|
ই
|
see
|
| o
|
ও
|
sole
|
| ɔ
|
অ
|
sort
|
| u
|
উ
|
moon
|
| ~
|
ঁ
|
nasal vowel
([ãː], [õː], etc.)
|
| Diphthongs
|
| oj
|
ঐ
|
boy
|
| ow
|
ঔ
|
low
|
|
