If you're trying to learn the Bengali Alphabet you will find some useful resources including a course about pronunciation, and sound of all letters. To help you with your Bengali grammar. Try to concentrate on the lesson and memorize the sounds. Also don't forget to check the rest of our other lessons listed on Learn Bengali.
More Information on US Peace Corps Bengali Courses COURSE OVERVIEWThis 15 lessons Peace Corps Bangali course course starts with an introduction to the Bengali alphabet and teachers you the basics hold survival conversations in Bangladesh. The course covers the following topics:Lesson 1: VowelsLesson 2: ConsonantsLesson 3: Some Useful Bangladeshi PhrasesLesson 4: Phrases for Host Family StayLesson 5: Competency: Common introductionLesson 6: Competency: Beginning ConversationLesson 7: Competency: Getting AroundLesson 8: Competency: Taking A RickshawLesson 9: Competency: Inquiring About Commun.
Bengali is an eastern Indo-Aryan language with around 300 million speakers mainly in Bangladesh, and in the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and South Assam. Bengali is the national and official language of Bangladesh, and one of the official languages in India. It is also spoken in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Bengali at a glance
There are some differences in pronunciation and vocabulary between the Bengali of Bangladesh and the Bengali spoken in India.
Written Bengali
The Bengali alphabet (বাংলা লিপি - Bangla lipi) is derived from the Brahmi alphabet. It is also closely related to the Devanagari alphabet, from which it started to diverge in the 11th Century AD. The current printed form of Bengali alphabet first appeared in 1778 when Charles Wilkins developed printing in Bengali. A few archaic letters were modernised during the 19th century.
Bengali has two literary styles: one is called Sadhubhaṣa (সাধুভাষা - 'elegant language') and the other Chôlitôbhasha (চলিতভাষা 'current language'). The former is the traditional literary style based on Middle Bengali of the sixteenth century, while the later is a 20th century creation and is based on the speech of educated people in Calcutta. The differences between the two styles are not huge and involve mainly forms of pronouns and verb conjugations.
Some people prefer to call this alphabet the Eastern Nagari script or Eastern Neo-Brahmic script
Notable features
Bengali alphabetVowels (স্বরবর্ণ)
How to write Bengali vowels:
Consonants (ব্যঞ্জনবর্ণ)
How to write Bengali consonants:
A selection of conjunct consonantsOther symbolsNumerals
Download a spreadsheet with these charts (Excel)
Sample text in BengaliTransliteration
Sômôstô manush shadhinbhabe sôman môrjada ebông ôdhikar niye jônmôgrôhôn kôre. Tãder bibek ebông buddhi achhe; sutôrang sôkôleri êke ôpôrer prôti bhratrittôsulôbh mônobhab niye achôrôn kôra uchit.
Transcription (IPA)
ʃɔmost̪o manuʃ ʃad̪ʱinbʱabe ʃɔman mɔɾd͡ʒad̪a eboŋ od̪ʱikaɾ nije d͡ʒɔnmogɾohon kɔɾe. t̪ãd̪eɾ bibek eboŋ bud̪ːʱi at͡ʃʰe, ʃut̪oɾaŋ ʃɔkoleɾi ɛke ɔpoɾeɾ pɾot̪i bʱɾat̪ɾit̪ːoʃulɔbʱ monobʱab nije at͡ʃɔɾon kɔɾa ut͡ʃit̪.
Transliteration and IPA transcription by Abu Saleh Mohammad Sultan
Translation
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights) Sample video in Bengali
Information about Bengali | Phrases | Numbers | Kinship words | Telling the time | Tower of Babel | Learning materials
Links
Information about Bengali
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_language http://www.betelco.com/bd/bangla/bangla.html http://www.viswayan.com/
Online Bengali lessons
http://www.bangla-online.info http://www.virtualbangladesh.com/bengali_index.html http://mylanguages.org/learn_bengali.php http://www.bangla-online.info http://www.bangalinet.com/learn_bangla.htm
Numbers in Bengali
http://mylanguages.org/bengali_numbers.php http://www.connect-bangladesh.org/bangla/Numbers.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iQtAKx8K40
Bengali phrases
http://www.17-minute-world-languages.com/en/bengali/ http://mylanguages.org/multimedia/bengali_audio_phrases.php http://www.masteranylanguage.com/c/p/o/Bengali http://www.bengali-dictionary.com https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Basic_Bengali_phrases https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Bengali/Common_phrases https://www.memrise.com/course/971816/bangla-100-basic-banglabengali-phrasesnotyping/ http://wikitravel.org/en/Bengali_phrasebook
Online Bengali Dictionaries
http://www.bengali-dictionary.com http://www.bdword.com/english-to-bengali-dictionary http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/biswas-bengali/ http://ovidhan.org http://www.aldictionary.com/dictionary/english-to-bengali.html
Bengali fonts
http://scriptsource.org/scr/Beng http://www.omicronlab.com/bangla-fonts.html http://www.nongnu.org/freebangfont/ http://banglafont.com http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_Bengali.html
Online radio in Bengali
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bengali/ http://www.washingtonbanglaradio.com/ http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,615,00.html http://www.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/bengali/top/ http://www.banglaradio.org.au
Online Bengali news
http://www.parabaas.com http://www.kheyal.com http://ajantrik.8m.net http://www.abasar.net
Bengali and Sylheti Language Services
http://www.bengaliandsylheti.com
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Indo-Aryan languages
Awadhi, Assamese, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Chakma, Dhivehi, Domari, Fiji Hindi, Garhwali, Gujarati, Hajong, Hindi, Kashmiri, Konkani, Kotia, Kutchi, Magahi, Maithili, Marathi, Marwari, Modi, Nepali, Odia, Palula, Punjabi, Rajasthani, Rohingya, Romani, Saraiki, Sarnámi Hindustani, Sindhi, Sinhala, Shina, Sourashtra, Sugali, Sylheti, Torwali, Urdu
Languages written with the Eastern Nagari (Bengali) alphabet
Also used to write: Bishnupriya, Bodo, Chakma, Chiru, Koda, Nisi, Deori, Dimasa, Koch, Khasi, Kudmali, Tiwa, Sauria Paharia, Miri, Chothe Naga, Thangal Naga, Moyon Naga, Maring Naga, Rabha, Rangpuri, Santali, Sadri, Oraon Sadri, Sulung, Panchpargania, Tippera, Kok Borok, Toto and Usui.
Syllabic alphabets / abugidas
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