Learn to Read Bengali
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LANGUAGES SERVED
Assamese, Bengali
START TO READ ALOUD USING ROMANIZED CHARACTERS (2 Timothy 2:13)
Principles of Bengali sounds shown
using Romanized characters
Repeat Bengali sounds by copying our
online audio files (.wav).
(Guidance in English.)
LEARN THE BENGALI
ALPHABET AND COMPOSED SCRIPT
·
Learn the pattern
of sound families with Bengali script
and read aloud using audio guides.
(Explained in English.)
Or use a printable pdf.
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Further explanation
(in English) on pronouncing the Bengali Alphabet (as a pdf).
INTERACTIVE PRACTICE
SESSIONS
(Nehemiah 8:8)
Numerous
routines for mastering the script and pronunciation.
Practice individual characters, syllables, words, and sentences
Sing a song with audio guides.
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Interactive exercises
with audio guides
CONJUNCTS
Learn
how letters are joined together—often with very different shapes.
MORE PRACTICE ACTIVITIES
· Get
Bengali fonts for older practice files, if required
Although many of our publications now use Unicode fonts, some of Jaspell’s older
publications still contain characters from True Type ASCII fonts (jbengal3.ttf,
jbengal4.ttf, and jbengal5.ttf) that were created by Jaspell
in the 1990s.
o Download [Jaspell Bengali fonts for older files], if required.
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Get Jaspell
sound files used in audio aids
o Download sound files for audio helps.
o List of sound files of sound files
in “bengpronsounds”.
(Play individual sound files (.wav).)
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Interactive Software Programmes with
Typing Input
o
Alphabet logical layout (as below)—Map exe
o
Individual sounds in sequence [Sounds exe]
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Explanatory windows [Introduction exe]
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Romanized typing speed tests [Tutorials exe]
covering Bengali, Devanagari, Gujarati, and Gurumukhi scripts.
·
Printable Work Sheets for Writing on
by Hand.
o Classification (.pdf)
o Pronunciation (.pdf)
o Copy (.pdf)
o Read (.pdf)
o Write (.pdf)
·
Printable Work Sheets for Groups of
Characters.
o
Script practice (.pdf)
o
Script answers (.pdf)
o
Script in studies 1 to
10 (.pdf)
·
Dictionaries—See language files.
CLICK ON CHARACTERS IN A
SIMILAR ALPHABET MAP
Try
an interactive version of this map online
(Old file readbeng.htm)
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