bilabial | labio-dental | dental | alveolar | postalveolar | alveolo-palatal | velar | glottal | |
stop | p, b, bʰ | t̪, d̪, t̪ʰ, d̪ʰ | t̠, d̠, t̠ʰ, d̠ʰ | k, g, kʰ, gʰ | ||||
fricative | f | s | ʃ | h | ||||
affricate | tɕ, tɕʰ, dʑ, dʑʰ | |||||||
nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||
approximant | ɹ | |||||||
lateral approximant | l |
front | central | back | |
close | i | u | |
close-mid | e | o | |
open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
open | a |
/iu/, /ei/, /eu/, /ɛe/, /ɛo/, /ai/, /ae/, /au/, /ao/, /ɔe/, /ɔo/, /oi/, /oe/, /ou/, /oo̯/, /ui/
Source: Sameer ud Dowla Khan (2010). Bengali (Bangladeshi Standard). Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 40, pp 221-225 doi:10.1017/S0025100310000071
Contributed by: Dmitry Nikolaev (dnikolaev@fastmail.com)