Appendix:Bengali pronunciation

The following tables show the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) used to represent the various sounds of the.

The bnPR transcription is devised for cases when the transliteration of a given Bengali term is markedly different from the actual pronunciation. It should be used in the ts parameter of a headword template or a link template.

Vowels
The following tables list only oral monophthongs and all can be nasal. Nasal vowels generally occur in the Kolkata Standard, while nasalization is mostly absent in the Bangladeshi Standard.