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== Roman Bengali transliteration == | == Roman Bengali transliteration == | ||
For the most part, the Roman Saḿskrta transliteration serves well for Bengali. However, as a living language, Bengali is best served with the addition of some letters, often to accommodate the inclusion of words from other languages. The following recommended additions are not consistently used on Sarkarverse (due to various practical limitations); however, they are recommended by [[ | For the most part, the Roman Saḿskrta transliteration serves well for Bengali. However, as a living language, Bengali is best served with the addition of some letters, often to accommodate the inclusion of words from other languages. The following recommended additions are not consistently used on Sarkarverse (due to various practical limitations); however, they are recommended by Shrii Sarkar.<ref name="SC2">{{cite book|last=Sarkar|first=Prabhat Ranjan|title=[[Shabda Cayanika]] Part 2|publisher=Ananda Marga Publications|editor=Acarya Vijayananda Avadhuta|location=Kolkata|year=1996 first English edit.|ISBN=81-7252-102-2}}</ref> | ||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|+ Additional characters for Roman Bengali transliteration | |||
!Roman script | |||
!Bengali script | |||
!Purpose | |||
|- | |||
| style="background:ivory;" align=center |{{unicode| ba}} | |||
| style="background:ivory;" align=center |{{Unicode| ৰ}} | |||
| style="background:ivory;" align=center |To distinguish between vargiiya ''ba'' and antahstha ''va'' | |||
|- | |||
| style="background:ivory;" align=center |{{unicode| qa}} | |||
| style="background:ivory;" align=center |{{Unicode| ক়}} | |||
| style="background:ivory;" align=center |To accommodate words found in Hebrew, Arabic, and Farsi | |||
|- | |||
| style="background:ivory;" align=center |{{unicode| qha}} | |||
| style="background:ivory;" align=center |{{Unicode| খ়}} | |||
| style="background:ivory;" align=center |To accommodate words found in Hebrew, Arabic, and Farsi | |||
|- | |||
| style="background:ivory;" align=center |{{unicode| qua}} | |||
| style="background:ivory;" align=center |{{Unicode| ক়}} | |||
| style="background:ivory;" align=center |To accommodate words found in Hebrew, Arabic, and Farsi | |||
|- | |||
| style="background:ivory;" align=center |{{unicode| za}} | |||
| style="background:ivory;" align=center |{{Unicode| জ়}} | |||
| style="background:ivory;" align=center |To accommodate words found in Hebrew, Arabic, Farsi, English, French, Latin, and most of the Latin-group languages | |||
|- | |||
| style="background:ivory;" align=center |{{unicode| ŕa}} | |||
| style="background:ivory;" align=center |{{Unicode| ড়}} | |||
| style="background:ivory;" align=center |To reflect modern Bengali pronunciation | |||
|- | |||
| style="background:ivory;" align=center |{{unicode| ŕha}} | |||
| style="background:ivory;" align=center |{{Unicode| ঢ়}} | |||
| style="background:ivory;" align=center |To reflect modern Bengali pronunciation | |||
|- | |||
| style="background:ivory;" align=center |{{unicode| t}} | |||
| style="background:ivory;" align=center |{{Unicode| ৎ}} | |||
| style="background:ivory;" align=center |To expedite Bengali script | |||
|- | |||
| style="background:ivory;" align=center |{{unicode| fa}} | |||
| style="background:ivory;" align=center |{{Unicode| ফ়}} | |||
| style="background:ivory;" align=center |To accommodate words found in Hebrew, Arabic, Farsi, English, French, Latin, and most of the Latin-group languages | |||
|- | |||
| style="background:ivory;" align=center |{{unicode| ya}} | |||
| style="background:ivory;" align=center |{{Unicode| য়}} | |||
| style="background:ivory;" align=center |To reflect modern Bengali pronunciation | |||
|- | |||
| style="background:ivory;" align=center |{{unicode| lra}} | |||
| style="background:ivory;" align=center |{{Unicode| ল়}} | |||
| style="background:ivory;" align=center |To accommodate words found in Sanskrit, Marathi, Gujarati, and some South Indian languages as well as some North Indian pronunciation | |||
|- | |||
| style="background:ivory;" align=center |{{unicode| aṋ}} | |||
| style="background:ivory;" align=center |{{Unicode| অঁ}} | |||
| style="background:ivory;" align=center |To accommodate pronunciation of the candrabindu in modern Bengali | |||
|} | |||
== References == | == References == | ||