This inconsistency is also a remnant from Sanskrit, where the grapheme represents the vocalic equivalent of a retroflex approximant (possibly an r-colored vowel). Nevertheless, it is included in the vowel section of the inventory of the Bengali script. The grapheme called ' а¦‹' б№› (or а¦№а§Ќа¦°а¦ёа§Ќа¦¬ а¦‹ rГґshshГґ ri, 'short ri', as it used to be) does not really represent a vowel phoneme in Bengali but the consonant-vowel combination а¦°а¦ї /ri/.These graphemes serve an etymological function, however, in preserving the original Sanskrit spelling in tГґtsГґmГґ Bengali words (words borrowed from Sanskrit). The letters are preserved in the Bengali script with their traditional names despite the fact that they are no longer pronounced differently in ordinary speech. The redundancy stems from the time when this script was used to write Sanskrit, a language that had short and long vowels: ' а¦‡' i ( а¦№а§Ќа¦°а¦ёа§Ќа¦¬ а¦‡ rГґshshГґ i, 'short i') /i/ and ' а¦€' Д« ( а¦¦а§Ђа¦°а§Ќа¦ а¦€ dirghГґ Д«, 'long Д«') /iЛђ/, and ' а¦‰' u ( а¦№а§Ќа¦°а¦ёа§Ќа¦¬ а¦‰ rГґshshГґ u) /u/ and ' а¦Љ' Е« ( а¦¦а§Ђа¦°а§Ќа¦ а¦Љ dirghГґ Е«) /uЛђ/. There are two graphemes for the vowel sound and two graphemes for the vowel sound.As a result, the sound is orthographically realised by multiple means in modern Bengali orthography, usually using some combination of ' а¦Џ' e ( а¦ёа§Ќа¦¬а¦° а¦Џ shГґrГґ e, 'vocalic e') /e/, ' а¦…', ' а¦†' a ( а¦ёа§Ќа¦¬а¦° а¦† shГґrГґ a) /a/ and the а¦Їа¦«а¦Іа¦ѕ jГґfГґla (diacritic form of the consonant grapheme а¦Ї jГґ). Even though the open-mid front unrounded vowel /Й›/ is one of the seven main vowel sounds in the standard Bengali language, no distinct vowel symbol has been allotted for it in the script since there is no /Й›/ sound in Sanskrit, the primary written language when the script was conceived.Bengali, Assamese and Odia which are Eastern languages have this value for the inherent vowel, while other languages using Brahmic scripts have a for their inherent vowel. ' а¦…' Гґ ( а¦ёа§Ќа¦¬а¦° а¦… shГґrГґ Гґ, 'vocalic Гґ') /Й”/ sounds as the default Inherent vowel for the entire Bengali script.All of them are used in both Bengali and Assamese languages. The swГґrГґbГґrnГґs represent six of the seven main vowel sounds of Bengali, along with two vowel diphthongs. The Bengali script has a total of 9 vowel graphemes, each of which is called a а¦ёа§Ќа¦¬а¦°а¦¬а¦°а§Ќа¦Ј swГґrГґbГґrnГґ 'vowel letter'.

Vowels & Consonant are used as alphabet and also diacritical marks. The Bengali script can be divided into vowels and vowel diacritics/marks, consonants and consonant conjuncts, diacritical and other symbols, digits, and punctuation marks. 1.8 Characteristics of the Bengali text.

Bengali alphabet printable