It makes using dictionaries sooo easy.īefore we get started, here’s a table of most of the consonants I’ll be covering in this post: So unlike, say, Greek or Arabic, where you have to just memorize the alphabetical order, you can just think logically and determine which sound comes before which other sounds. But once you realize the pattern, you’ll never forget it. This is because there is something very clever that Bengali does with the order of letters, and you might not notice it unless you think carefully about where you’re pronouncing these sounds.
I really want to explain the underlying linguistics enough that you grasp it. This post will be a little bit of a ramble at first. The order of consonants, however, is anything but arbitrary. This is because the order of the vowels is somewhat arbitrary.
I chose to present the vowels in a different order than they appear in the বর্ণমালা ( bɔrńômala, “alphabet,” or “garland of letters,” a term developed by ). I didn’t highlight it last time, but the characters in the Bangla script have an order in which they’re learned and recited, similar to our alphabetical order.
We covered a handful of consonants along the way, but now we’re heading into the thick of it, and going through the first major round of consonant sounds. So, last time we went over all the vowels in the Bengali script.
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