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beng/bn.html

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<p class="refLine"><small>Richard Ishida, Bengali (Bangla) Orthography Notes, <!-- #BeginDate format:En2 -->20-Apr-2025<!-- #EndDate -->, <a href="https://r12a.github.io/scripts/beng/bn">https://r12a.github.io/scripts/beng/bn</a></small></p>
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<p class="refLine"><small>Richard Ishida, Bengali (Bangla) Orthography Notes, <!-- #BeginDate format:En2 -->23-Apr-2025<!-- #EndDate -->, <a href="https://r12a.github.io/scripts/beng/bn">https://r12a.github.io/scripts/beng/bn</a></small></p>
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<p>Basic consonant sounds in Bengali are written using the following letters.</p>
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<p class="refLine"><small>Richard Ishida, Devanagari (Hindi) Orthography Notes, <!-- #BeginDate format:En2 -->10-Apr-2025<!-- #EndDate -->, <a href="https://r12a.github.io/scripts/deva/hi">https://r12a.github.io/scripts/deva/hi</a></small></p>
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<p class="refLine"><small>Richard Ishida, Devanagari (Hindi) Orthography Notes, <!-- #BeginDate format:En2 -->23-Apr-2025<!-- #EndDate -->, <a href="https://r12a.github.io/scripts/deva/hi">https://r12a.github.io/scripts/deva/hi</a></small></p>
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<p>Basic set of consonants, used for Hindi and Sanskrit. (Phonetic information for Hindi.)</p>
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<figure class="characterBox auto" data-cols="ipa,trans,transc">प␣फ␣ब␣भ␣त␣थ␣द␣ध␣ट␣ठ␣ड␣ढ␣क␣ख␣ग␣घ␣च␣छ␣ज␣झ␣व␣स␣श␣ष␣ह␣म␣न␣ञ␣ण␣ङ␣व␣र␣ल␣य</figure>
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<p class="instructions">Click on each letter for more details and for examples of usage, especially where more than one sound is indicated.</p>
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data-ipa="p,pʰ f,b,bʱ,t,tʰ,d,dʱ,ʈ,ʈʰ,ɖ,ɖʱ,k,kʰ,ɡ,ɡʱ,t͡ʃ,t͡ʃʰ,d͡ʒ,d͡ʒʱ,s,ʃ,ʃ,h,m,n,ɲ,ɳ,ŋ,w ʋ,r,l,j"
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>प␣फ␣ब␣भ␣त␣थ␣द␣ध␣ट␣ठ␣ड␣ढ␣क␣ख␣ग␣घ␣च␣छ␣ज␣झ␣स␣श␣ष␣ह␣म␣न␣ञ␣ण␣ङ␣व␣र␣ल␣य</figure>
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<p> Hindi also counts 3 character combinations as consonantal letters of the alphabet.</p>
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<p class="refLine"><small>Richard Ishida, (Devanagari) (Kashmiri) Orthography Notes, <!-- #BeginDate format:En2 -->09-Apr-2025<!-- #EndDate -->, <a href="https://r12a.github.io/scripts/deva/ks">https://r12a.github.io/scripts/deva/ks</a></small></p>
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<p>Basic set of consonants used for Kashmiri. The basic set of letters is highly phonetic.</p>
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<figure class="characterBox auto" data-cols="ipa,trans,transc">प␣फ␣ब␣त␣थ␣द␣ट␣ठ␣ड␣क␣ख␣ग␣च़␣छ़␣च␣छ␣ज␣व␣स␣ज़␣श␣ह␣म␣न␣र␣ल␣य</figure>
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>प␣फ␣ब␣त␣थ␣द␣ट␣ठ␣ड␣क␣ख␣ग␣च␣छ␣ज␣व␣स␣श␣ह␣म␣न␣र␣ल␣य</figure>
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data-ipa="p b f,t̪ ð d̪,t͡ʃ s~ʒ d͡ʒ,ɽ ɖ,k ɡ x,m,n̪,n,ɳ,ɲ,ŋ,ʋ,ɾ,r dr,ɻ,l,ɭ,j"
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>ப␣த␣ச␣ட␣க␣ம␣ந␣ன␣ண␣ஞ␣ங␣வ␣ர␣ற␣ழ␣ல␣ள␣ய</figure>
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<p>The small number of basic consonants is a feature of the Tamil script. For example, Malayalam has exactly twice the number of basic consonant letters. However, each letter in Tamil typically covers a range of underlying sounds.</p>
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