কৈ (koi) ও The matra of this is called Oo kar e.g. কে (ke) ঐ The matra of this is called Oye kar e.g. কৃ (kri) এ The matra of this is calle Ae kar e.g. কূ (kuu) ঋ The matra of this is called Ree kar e.g. কু (ku) ঊ The matra of this is called Dir-gho-ukar e.g. কী (kee) উ The matra of this is called Rosh-sho-ukar e.g. কি (ki) ঈ The matra of this is called Dir-ghi-kar e.g. The Vowel Matra (using the consonant ক (Ko) as an example) অ This does not have any matra, it only has O sound আ The matra of this is called Akar e.g কা ( ka) ই The matra of this is called Rosh-shi-kar e.g.
The Vowels অ Pronounced as Sho-re-oo আ Pronounced as Sho-re-aa ই Pronounced as Rosh-sho-ee ঈ Pronounced as Dir-gho-ee উ Pronounced as Rosh-sho-uu ঊ Pronounced as Dir-gh-uu ঋ Pronounced as Ree এ Pronounced as Aae ঐ Pronounced as Oye ও Pronounced as Oo ঔ Pronounced as Oow
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Note: To see the Bengali texts in the next slides, download and install Siyam Rupali font from There are 39 consonants in Bengali which are pronounced with the Matra’s from the 11 vowels. The Alphabets There are 11 vowels in Bengali and each of the vowels have a form called “Matra” which can be attached to the consonants to create new meaningful words.
History of Bengali Language The article in Wikipedia is pretty much handy, just have a look to know about Bengali, you will get a quick overview. In this presentation History of Bengali Language The Alphabets Some Basic Words Some Basic Sentences Days of the week in Bengali Number 1 to 10 in Bengali