Pronunciation Guide for Bangla Vowels
Bangla |
English |
Letter |
Pronounced |
|
অ |
o |
aw |
awe |
|
আ |
a |
aah |
Aadvark |
|
ই |
i |
hroswo-i(short i) |
hit |
|
ঈ |
I |
dIrgho-e(long i) |
skiing |
|
উ |
u |
hroswo-u(short u) |
put |
|
ঊ |
U |
dIrgho-u(long u) |
vacuum |
|
ঋ |
rri |
ree |
wring |
|
এ |
e |
eh |
bed |
|
ঐ |
OI |
oi |
going |
|
ও |
O |
o |
moat |
|
ঔ |
OU |
ou |
o+u |
Pronunciation Guide for Bangla Consonants
Bangla |
English |
Letter  |
Pronounced |
|
ক |
k |
kaw |
skin |
|
খ |
kh |
khaw |
khaki |
|
গ |
g |
gaw |
go |
|
ঘ |
gh |
ghaw |
ghetto |
|
ঙ |
Ng |
ungaw |
king |
|
চ |
ch |
chaw |
cheat |
|
ছ |
chh |
chhaw |
watch |
|
জ |
j |
borgiyo-jaw |
jingle |
|
ঝ |
jh |
jhaw |
jhansi |
|
ঞ |
NG |
ingaw |
gnome |
|
ট |
T |
taw |
token |
|
ঠ |
Th |
ttaw |
whittle |
|
ড |
D |
daw |
dive |
|
ঢ |
Dh |
dhaw |
adhere |
|
ণ |
N |
moddheno-naw |
noise |
|
ত |
t |
taw(soft) |
Wyeth |
|
থ |
th |
thaw(hard) |
think |
|
দ |
d |
daw |
Dostoevsky |
|
ধ |
dh |
dhaw |
sadhu |
|
ন |
n |
donte-naw |
no |
|
প |
p |
paw |
pauper |
|
ফ |
ph,f |
phaw |
cipher |
|
ব |
b,w |
baw |
boy |
|
ভ |
bh,v |
bhaw |
abhorrent |
|
ম |
m |
maw |
mother |
|
য |
J,Y |
ontesto-jaw |
joy |
|
র |
r |
boye-sunno-raw |
right |
|
ল |
l |
law |
lady |
|
শ |
sh |
talibo-shaw |
show |
|
ষ |
Sh |
moddheno-shaw |
cash |
|
স |
s |
donte-shaw |
wish |
|
হ |
h |
haw |
hole |
|
য় |
y |
ontesto-aw |
happy |
|
ড় |
R |
doye-sunnyo-raw(hard r) |
rhythm |
|
ঢ় |
Rh |
ddhoye-sunnyo-raw (hard rh) |
arrhythmia |
|
ৎ |
t^ |
khanda taw(short taw) |
nitwit |
|
ং |
ng,ng^ |
sign anuswar |
Bengali |
|
ঃ |
H^ |
sign bishorgo |
poof |
|
ঁ |
n^ |
sign chondrobindu |
sand |
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