What is supposed to be the Bengali alphabet, you want the students to lookĪt the Bengali and sound the word 'at' because you've taught them the sound When, during the third lesson, you transcribe the English word 'at' into E and O sound like their HindiĬounterparts, but OI is the sound of O followed by I (a diphthong, and oneĪbsent in English) and OU is the sound of O followed by U (anotherĭiphthong, much like American English 'coat'). The vowels labeled AE, AAE, O, and AU should first and foremost beĮ, OI, O, and OU, respectively. Script, but done wrong, thus misleading students more. Maintained, and worse, English words are given 'transliterated' in Bengali The Hindi analogs, but in the lessons, the incorrect explanations are

Sameer Khan correctly insists that two of these vowels do not resemble Sounds for the last four vowels, which you people label AE, AAE, O, and AU.

Occur with the treatment of vowels and the consistent use of Hindi vowel Have not been implemented into the main lessons. Sameer Khan's corrections, though tacked on at the bottom, Please read these very helpful comments by Rashid Ullah before proceedingĬongratulations on a fine site. It is hard to get vowel sounds right in any foreign language. Of course its Baangaali ( Bengali) ! - bAAngAALEE is how the Bengalis say the word for their own tongue. See if you can read your first word in Bengali underneath the letters. Here are the letter B, NG, L and the vowel mark for AA and EE. Write to let us know how you like these lessons and any other suggestion Benglali is spoken exactly as it is written so being a phonetic language it is very easy to learn to read. These lessons are compiled with the help of Sameer Khan. You might find it easier to do the Hindi lessons first Hindi. It is the mother tongue of Bangladesh and of West Bengal and is also spoken in immigrant communities in the West. Most lessons are titled so you can save them as a bookmarkīengali is a very poetic and popular language of the subcontinent. If you want to have a look at the whole alphabet click here Alphabet. All which have an email address will be acknowledged by email.

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