Bengali

Vowels and Diphthongs (see Note 1)

ai

au

Consonants (see Note 2)

Gutturals

Palatals

Cerebrals

Dentals

ka
kha

ca

ta

cha

ha

ga
gha

ja

tha

jha

da

ha

dha

ha

na

Labials

Semivowels

Sibilants

Aspirate

pa
pha

ya

sha

ba (see Note 3)
bha

ra

sa

la

ma

ba (see Note 3)

Anusvra

Bisarga

Candrabindu (anunsika)

(see Note 4)

n, m

ha

Abagraha (see Note 5)

(apostrophe)

Notes
1. Only the vowel forms that appear at the beginning of a syllable are listed; the forms used for
vowels following a consonant can be found in grammars; no distinction between the two is
made in transliteration.