This is a proposed alphabet that is meant to be used for writing of Bengali. It is now in a very early stage of development, so some changes may occur to it in the future as the creator see fit. For any questions please use the email link below.

Bāṅlā lātina barnamālā/বাংলা লাতিন বর্ণমালা
The Bengali Latin alphabet

Devised by: Michael Fustumum (michaelpeterfustumum(at)gmail.com)

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Latin letter

 Hindi letter

IPA
1 A a অ [ɔ]
  ai ঐ [ɔi]
  au ঔ [ɔu]
2

Ā ā

 আ

[a]
3

B b

 ব

[b]
4 Bh bh ভ [bʱ]
5

C c

 চ

[t͡ʃ]
6 Ch ch ছ [t͡ʃʱ]
7

D d

 দ

[d̪]
8 Dh dh ধ [d̪ʱ]
9 Ḍ ḍ ড [ɖ]
10 Ḍh ḍh ঢ [ɖʱ]
11

E e

 এ

[e~ɛ]
12

G g

 গ

[g]
13 Gh gh ঘ [gʱ]
14

H h

 হ

[ɦ]
15

I i

 ই, ঈ

[i]
16

J j

 জ, য

[d͡ʒ]
17 Jh jh ঝ [d͡ʒʱ]
18

K k

 ক

[k]
19 Kh kh খ [kʱ]
20

L l

 ল

[l]
21

M m

 ম

[m]
22

N n

 ন, ণ, ঞ

[n]
23 Ṅ ṅ রং [ŋ]
24

O o

 ও

[o]
25

P p

 প

[p]
26 Ph ph ফ [pʱ]
27

R r

 র

[r]
28 Ṛ ṛ ড় [ɽ]
29 Ṛh ṛh ঢ় [ɽʱ]
30

S s

 স

[s]
31

Š š

 শ, ষ

[ʃ]
32

T t

 ত

[t̪]
33 Th th থ [t̪ʱ]
34 Ṭ ṭ ট

[ʈ]
35 Ṭh ṭh ঠ [ʈʱ]
36

U u

 উ, ঊ

[u]
37 Y y য় [e̯]
  ~ ঁ [~]
There would not be letters f, q, v, w, x, z, which would be replaced by ph, k, bh, u, ks, j, respectively.

Text example
First article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Samasta mānuš sbādhīnbhābe samān marjādā ebaṅ adhikār niye janmagrahan kare. Tā̃der bibek ebaṅ buddhi āche; sutarāṅ sakaleri eke aparer prati bhrātṛtbasulabh manobhāb niye ācaran karā ucit.

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