Wiktionary:Bengali transliteration

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These are the rules concerning transliteration in Bengali entries.

Consonants

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letter
translit. k kh g gh
IPA [k] [kʰ] [ɡ] [ɡʱ] [ŋ]
letter
translit. c ch j jh ñ
IPA [t͡ʃ], [t͡s] [t͡ʃʰ], [s] [d͡ʒ], [d͡z] [d͡ʒʱ], [d͡z] [◌̃]
letter
translit. ṭh ḍh
IPA [ʈ̟] [ʈ̟ʰ] [ɖ̟] [ɖ̟ʱ] [n]
letter
translit. t th d dh n
IPA [t̪] [t̪ʰ] [d̪] [d̪ʱ] [n]
letter
translit. p ph b bh m
IPA [p] [pʰ~ɸ~f] [b] [bʱ~β~v] [m]
letter
translit. y r l ś
IPA [d͡ʒ], [d͡z] [r] (word-initially), [ɾ] (medially and finally) [l] [s] (before dental consonants), [ʃ] (elsewhere) [s] (before dental consonants), [ʃ] (elsewhere)
letter য় ড় ঢ়
translit. s h ṛh
IPA [s] (before dental consonants), [ʃ] (elsewhere) [ɦ] [e̯], [∅], [j] [ɽ] [ɽʰ~ɽ]

Vowels

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letter
diacritic inherent ি
translit. o i u e ō
IPA [ɔ], [ɔ̝~o] [i] [u] [e~æ], [ɛ] [o]
letter
diacritic
translit. a ī ū oi ou
IPA [ä~ɑ], [a] (allophonically or dialectically) [i] [u] [oi̯] [ou̯]

Others

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letter
diacritic
translit. t ◌̃ ŕ
IPA [t̪] [ŋ] [h] [◌̃] [ri]

See also