Today I will teach you the Bengali alphabet. If you follow everything provided in this page, you will be able to read, write and pronounce the Bengali letters quickly and easily. I'm providing the sound so that you can hear the pronunciation of the characters. Bengali contains 28 letters (consonants and vowels). Below you will find the letters, the pronunciation and sound.
| ক | [k] like k |
| খ | [kʰ] like kh |
| গ | [ɡ] like g |
| ঘ | [ɡʱ] like gh |
| ঙ | [ŋ] like ņ |
| চ | [tʃ] like ch |
| ছ | [tʃʰ] like chh |
| জ | [dʒ] like j |
| ঝ | [dʒʱ] like jh |
| ঞ | [n] like n |
| ট | [ʈ] like ţ |
| ঠ | [ʈʰ] like ţh |
| ড | [ɖ] like đ |
| ঢ | [ɖʱ] like đh |
| ণ | [n] like n |
| ত | [t̪] like t |
| থ | [t̪ʰ] like th |
| দ | [d̪] like d |
| ধ | [d̪ʱ] like dh |
| ন | [n] like n |
| প | [p] like p |
| ফ | [pʰ] like ph |
| ব | [b] like b |
| ভ | [bʱ] like bh |
| ম | [m] like m |
| য | [dʒ] like j |
| র | [ɾ] like r |
| ল | [l] like l |
| শ | [ʃ s] like sh, s |
| ষ | [ʃ] like sh |
| স | [ʃ s] like sh, s |
| হ | [h] like h |
| য় | [e̯ -] like e |
| ড় | [ɽ] like ŗ |
| ঢ় | [ɽ] like ŗh |
| অ | [ɔ, o[3]] like o |
| আ | [a] like a |
| ই | [i] like i |
| ঈ | [i] like i |
| উ | [u] like u |
| ঊ | [u] like u |
| ঋ | [ri] like ri |
| এ | [e, æ] like e |
| ঐ | [oj] like oj |
| ও | [o] like o |
| ঔ | [ow] like ow |
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