
The letters for the consonants other than the final one in the group are reduced. When consonants occur together in clusters, special conjunct letters are used.Vowels can be written as independent letters, or by using a variety of diacritical marks which are written above, below, before or after.Consonants all have an inherent vowel which has two different pronunciations, the choice of which is not always easy to determine and which is sometimes not pronounced at all.Status: official language in Bangladesh, and one of the official languages of India.Script family: Proto-Sinaitic, Phoenician, Aramaic, Brāhmī, Gupta, Siddham, Gaudi, Bengali.Writing direction: left to right in horizontal lines.



The Bengali alphabet (বাংলা লিপি - Bangla lipi) is derived from the Brahmi alphabet. There are some differences in pronunciation and vocabulary between the Bengali of Bangladesh and the Bengali spoken in India. It is recognized as a secondary language in Karachi in Pakistan. It is also the de-facto national language.īengali is the official language of the India states of West Bengal, Tripura and Assam, and the second official language of Jharkhand state. Writing system: Brahmi and Bengali alphabetsīengali is the sole official language of Bangladesh, and is used in all courts, government offices and other institutions.Spoken in: Bangladesh, India, UAE, Pakistan, Myanmar, USA, UK and other countries.

Language family: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Eastern Zone (Magadhan), Bengali–Assamese.
