Consonants
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IPA |
Examples |
nearest English equivalent
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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
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IPA |
Examples |
nearest English equivalent
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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
|
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oj
|
ঐ
|
boy
| ow
|
ঔ
|
low
|
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