Bengali Alphabet English Sound Pronunciation Example ক k ক As ‘k’ in kite খ kh খ Coupled sound of ‘k’, ‘h’= ‘kh’ গ g গ As ‘g’ in gun ঘ gh ঘ Coupled sound of ‘g’, ‘h’= ‘gh’ ঙ ņ ঙ As ‘gn’ in gnome চ ch চ As ‘ch’ in chair ছ chh ছ As ‘ch’ as in chair জ j জ As ‘j’ in jug ঝ jh ঝ This is produced using the naval sounds while the tongue touches the upper part of mouth cavity ঞ n ঞ Just like ‘gn’ of gnome with a slight up movement of tongue ট ţ ট As ‘t’ in top ঠ ţh ঠ Hard sound of ‘t’ ড đ ড As ‘d’ in dark ঢ đh ঢ Coupled sound of ‘d’ and ‘h’= ‘dh’ ণ n ণ Nasal sound when the tongue touches a bit away from teeth ত t ত Soft sound of ‘t’ as used in "Bharat" থ th থ As ‘th’ in thermo দ d দ As ‘th’ in the ধ dh ধ sound produced by coupling soft ‘d’ and ‘h’= ‘dh’ ন n ন As ‘n’ in man প p প As ‘p’ in push ফ ph ফ Sound of ‘f’ if pronounced with closed lips ব b ব As ‘b’ in ban ভ bh ভ Coupled sound of ‘b’ and ‘h’= ‘bh’ ম m ম As ‘m’ in mass য j য As ‘y’ in yacht র r র As ‘r’ in run ল l ল As ‘l’ in love শ sh and s শ As ‘sh’ in shot ষ sh ষ Sound of ‘sh’ when the tongue touches the roots of the teeth স sh and s স As ‘s’ in sound হ h হ As ‘h’ in has য় e and - ড় ŗ ঢ় ŗh Vowels অ As ‘a’ in mal আ Stressed অ ই As ‘I’ in ill ঈ As ‘e’ in eke উ As ‘u’ in Ubuntu ঊ As ‘ou’ in you ঋ As ‘ri’ in risk ৠ Double sound of “ri” এ As ‘e’ in par se ঐ As ‘a’ in as ও As ‘o’ in go ঔ Stressed and long sound of ‘o’