Wiktionary:Bengali transliteration
These are the rules concerning transliteration in Bengali entries.
Consonants
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letter | ক | খ | গ | ঘ | ঙ | |
translit. | k | kh | g | gh | ṅ | |
IPA | [k] | [kʰ] | [ɡ] | [ɡʱ] | [ŋ] | |
letter | চ | ছ | জ | ঝ | ঞ | |
translit. | c | ch | j | jh | ñ | |
IPA | [t͡ʃ], [t͡s] | [t͡ʃʰ], [s] | [d͡ʒ], [d͡z] | [d͡ʒʱ], [d͡z] | [◌̃] | |
letter | ট | ঠ | ড | ঢ | ণ | |
translit. | ṭ | ṭh | ḍ | ḍh | ṇ | |
IPA | [ʈ̟] | [ʈ̟ʰ] | [ɖ̟] | [ɖ̟ʱ] | [n] | |
letter | ত | থ | দ | ধ | ন | |
translit. | t | th | d | dh | n | |
IPA | [t̪] | [t̪ʰ] | [d̪] | [d̪ʱ] | [n] | |
letter | প | ফ | ব | ভ | ম | |
translit. | p | ph | b | bh | m | |
IPA | [p] | [pʰ~ɸ~f] | [b] | [bʱ~β~v] | [m] | |
letter | য | র | ল | শ | ষ | |
translit. | y | r | l | ś | ṣ | |
IPA | [d͡ʒ], [d͡z] | [r] (word-initially), [ɾ] (medially and finally) | [l] | [s] (before dental consonants), [ʃ] (elsewhere) | [s] (before dental consonants), [ʃ] (elsewhere) | |
letter | স | হ | য় | ড় | ঢ় | |
translit. | s | h | ẏ | ṛ | ṛh | |
IPA | [s] (before dental consonants), [ʃ] (elsewhere) | [ɦ] | [e̯], [∅], [j] | [ɽ] | [ɽʰ~ɽ] |
Vowels
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letter | অ | ই | উ | এ | ও | ||
diacritic | inherent | ি | ু | ে | ো | ||
translit. | o | i | u | e | ō | ||
IPA | [ɔ], [ɔ̝~o] | [i] | [u] | [e~æ], [ɛ] | [o] | ||
letter | আ | ঈ | ঊ | ঐ | ঔ | ||
diacritic | া | ী | ূ | ৈ | ৌ | ||
translit. | a | ī | ū | oi | ou | ||
IPA | [ä~ɑ], [a] (allophonically or dialectically) | [i] | [u] | [oi̯] | [ou̯] |
Others
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
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letter | ৎ | ং | ঃ | ঁ | ঋ | |
diacritic | ৃ | |||||
translit. | t | ṅ | ḥ | ◌̃ | ŕ | |
IPA | [t̪] | [ŋ] | [h] | [◌̃] | [ri] |