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Bengali (Bangladeshi Standard)

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Indo-Aryan

Lat/lon: 23.810332, 90.412518

ISO code: ben

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentaldentalalveolarpostalveolaralveolo-palatalvelarglottal
stopp, b, bʰt̪, d̪, t̪ʰ, d̪ʰt̠, d̠, t̠ʰ, d̠ʰk, g, kʰ, gʰ
fricativefsʃh
affricatetɕ, tɕʰ, dʑ, dʑʰ
nasalmnŋ
approximantɹ
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mideo
open-midɛɔ
opena

Diphthongs

/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)