Phonology
The phonemic inventory of standard Bengali consists of 28 consonants and 13 vowels, including 6 nasalized vowels. The inventory is set out below in International Phonetic Alphabet (upper grapheme in each box) and romanization (lower grapheme).
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Bengali is known for its wide variety of diphthongs, combinations of vowels occurring within the same syllable.
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