The aim of these lessons is really for students to get familiar with the script and then go on to books like the Balaji 'Learn Bengali'. an English would object to someone teaching English with an American accent on the vowels and vice versa !. As far as vowels are concerned it is hard to please everyone as all speak in different accents, for eg. I take note of all your criticism and really do welcome them, as we welcome all criticisms which help the site to become more useful. I hope these corrections are implemented not only as an addendum tacked onĪt the end, but are followed through with, thus changing all the flawed Try to force the spelling back on to the pronunciation, which yields an Lost in Bengali, and speakers make no distinction unless they consciously But my point is: the distinction between short and long has been Little less extreme, being somewhere between U and OO or somewhere between Depending on the speaker and the dialect, these sounds can be a What you label UĪnd OO are both pronounced the same, somewhat like OO in "fool" but Same, in a sound somewhat like EE in "meet" but shorter. What you label I and EE are both pronounced the Khan explains this: there is really no difference in pronunciation between The American English pronunciation of "own." So example J does not sound like "on" but like Is AAE as in "hat." But, in fact, a native Bengali speaker looking atĮxample H shall read "oit" not "at." And example J is thus also flawed,īecause what in Hindi is the AW sound is in Bengali an OU sound (likeĪmerican English "coat"). What is supposed to be the Bengali alphabet, you want the students to lookĪt the Bengali and sound the word "at" because you've taught them the sound When, during the third lesson, you transcribe the English word "at" into E and O sound like their HindiĬounterparts, but OI is the sound of O followed by I (a diphthong, and oneĪbsent in English) and OU is the sound of O followed by U (anotherĭiphthong, much like American English "coat"). The vowels labeled AE, AAE, O, and AU should first and foremost beĮ, OI, O, and OU, respectively. Script, but done wrong, thus misleading students more. Maintained, and worse, English words are given "transliterated" in Bengali The Hindi analogs, but in the lessons, the incorrect explanations are
Sameer Khan correctly insists that two of these vowels do not resemble Sounds for the last four vowels, which you people label AE, AAE, O, and AU. Occur with the treatment of vowels and the consistent use of Hindi vowel Have not been implemented into the main lessons. Sameer Khan's corrections, though tacked on at the bottom,
Please read these very helpful comments by Rashid Ullah before proceedingĬongratulations on a fine site. It is hard to get vowel sounds right in any foreign language. Of course its Baangaali ( Bengali) ! - bAAngAALEE is how the Bengalis say the word for their own tongue. See if you can read your first word in Bengali underneath the letters. Here are the letter B, NG, L and the vowel mark for AA and EE. Write to let us know how you like these lessons and any other suggestion Benglali is spoken exactly as it is written so being a phonetic language it is very easy to learn to read. These lessons are compiled with the help of Sameer Khan. You might find it easier to do the Hindi lessons first Hindi. It is the mother tongue of Bangladesh and of West Bengal and is also spoken in immigrant communities in the West. Most lessons are titled so you can save them as a bookmarkīengali is a very poetic and popular language of the subcontinent. If you want to have a look at the whole alphabet click here Alphabet. All which have an email address will be acknowledged by email. Please send cash in envelopes ( not cheques or money orders as it costs more to process ) to Ukindia, P.O. If you need an unzip program click here If you have enjoyed doing these lessons and would like to help develop the web site further you might consider a small donation of £3 or $5. Bengali Newspaper-remember to save the instructions to change the font back
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