If that is the case, it actually should be "Vai". To me, there is only one "vah" (sorry no bangla keyboard at work) in Bengali and only one "v" in english to replace it.
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As such, there is no real basis for it as to how to pronounce it. Given that I did not miss anything, and that I cannot think of a english word at the moment that uses bh as close to v sound (again I might be missing it, help me out), I am assuming that like many "English" word (Eve Teasing comes to mind as I had a discussion with orphy regarding that), this bh sound was invented in the subcontinent. (please show me a link if I missed that). Also, that search did not come up with anything that says how to pronounce bh in English. This symbol will be placed above the consonant.OK, did a little bit of research: for starter, there is no "bh sound in english" google auto complete search.
Typing র and then using the key ‘d’ to make it half and then pressing the next consonant would make the symbol of ‘r’ that is sounded before the bearing consonant. This symbol will put the half-sound of ‘r’ in the foot of the consonant and its sound would come after the consonant. The symbol is not present as such in the Vrinda Font but can be made by pressing the Shift+3 keys. One after the bearing consonant and one before the bearing consonant. Numeric symbols of Bengali (0-9)Īpart from these symbols, there are two types of half-sound of ‘r’ that is used in Hindi. This is used to make the consonant half making it disjointed from the sound of অ. ো Sound of ‘o’ as in go with the previous consonant ৈ Sound of ‘a’ as in as with the previous consonant ে Sound of ‘ai’ as in aim with the previous consonant ৃ Sound of ‘rhy’ as in rhythm with the previous consonant ূ Sound of ‘ou’ as in you with the previous consonant ু Sound of ‘u’ as in Ubuntu with the previous consonant ী Sound of ‘e’ as in eke with the previous consonant ি Sound of ‘i’ as in ill with the previous consonant া Sound of stressed ‘a’ with the previous consonant ঃ Sound of ‘h’ with the previous consonant ং Sound of ‘m’ with the previous consonant ঁ Sound of ‘n’ with the previous consonant along with some other symbols used for that consonant Sound of ‘l’ when the tongue almost touches the throat. Not available in English and very difficult to produce for foreigners. গ় Sound of ‘g’ produced from the throat. খ় Sound of ‘kh’ produced from the throat. ক় Sound of ‘k’ produced from the throat: equal to ‘q’ of English. As ‘shr’ in shroud Variations of consonants in Bengali ত্র Coupled sound of soft ‘t’ and ‘r’-‘tr’. In শ, the tongue touches the upper part of mouth cavity. ষ Sound of ‘sh’ when the tongue touches the roots of the teeth. ফ Sound of ‘f’ if pronounced with closed lips. Again, naval sound produced by coupling soft ‘d’ and ‘h’= ‘dh’. ত Soft sound of ‘t’ as used in the name of country Bharat In ন, the tongue touches the roots of the teeth. ণ Nasal sound when the tongue touches a bit away from teeth. Not available in English but as ‘dh’ in Indian musical instrument ‘dhol’. No particular sound just articulation while speaking.
ঞ Just like ‘gn’ of gnome with a slight up movement of tongue. This is produced using the naval sounds while the tongue touches the upper part of mouth cavity. ঝ This sound is not available in English. The tongue touches a bit away (to the inner side) from the teeth while pronouncing ‘ch’ as in chair. ছ This sound is not available in English. Does not produce a particular sound: Just used for articulation of tongue while pronouncing the next word ঔ Stressed and long sound of ‘o’ Consonants of Bengali Alphabet Below is the list of alphabets used in Bengali with the guide to pronounce it as the sounds are present in the English language.
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