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Bengali (Dhaka)

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Indo-Aryan

Lat/lon: 23.810332, 90.412518

ISO code: ben

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velardentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, b, pʰ, bʱt̪, d̪, t̪ʰ, d̪ʱt, d, tʰ, dʱc, ɟ, cʰ, ɟʱk, g, kʰ, gʱ
trillr
fricativesʃh
nasalmnŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

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closeiu
close-mido
open-midɔ
near-openæ
openɑ

Short nasalised series

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close
close-midẽ̞
open-midɔ̃
near-openæ̃
openɑ̃

Diphthongs

/ɑi̯/, /æi̯/, /ɔi̯/

Source: Barman, Binoy. 2010. A contrastive analysis of English and Bangla phonemics. The Dhaka University Journal of Linguistics: vol. 2, n° 4, page: 19–42. Dhaka: Registrar, Dhaka University

Contributed by: André Nikulin (andre.n.guzman@gmail.com)