Native Phonetic Inventory: bengali

These are the sounds found in most native bengali dialects: There are also sounds not on the chart, shown below.

other sounds: a labio-velar central approximant; a voiced mid-central labio-velar approximant; a voiced mid-central palatal approximant; voiceless stops may be aspirated; voiced stops may be breathy; vowels may be nasalized.

Adapted from: Maddieson, I. (1984)