East Nagari, Bengali letter, Assamese letter, Bengali- Assamee letter or Purbi letter is a written system used in Bengali and Assamese languages. In addition to these two languages, writing throughout history has been used as a writing system and for some other languages, such as Bishnupria-manipuri , metey manipuri and kokborok . Many other languages, such as Khasi , Bodo , Karbi, Miding, etc., have also used this letter in the past. Modern Sykhet language is often written using this letter. Eastern Nagari is the fifth most widely used writing system in the world.
| East nagari | |
|---|---|
| Type of letter | abugida |
| Languages | Assamese language , Bengali language , Bishnupriya-manipuri , meytey (manipuri) , the Silkheti language and others |
| Period | since ≈ 1100 years n. er Until now |
| Letter direction | from left to right |
| Origin | Proto-Sinai script
|
| Unicode range | U + 0980 — U + 09FF |
| ISO 15924 | Beng, 325 |
Content
History
Letter
Vowels
| Vowels | Diacritic symbol | Assamese | Bengal | Bishnupriya- manipuri | Maytey manipuri | Sylhet | Hajong |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| অ | - | ô | ô / o | ô | ô / a | o | o |
| অ ' | ' | o | - | - | - | - | - |
| আ | া | a | a | a | a: | a | a |
| অ্যা / এ্যা | ্যা | - | æ | - | - | - | - |
| অৗ | ৗ | - | - | - | - | - | â |
| ই | ি | i | i | i | i | i | i |
| ঈ | ী | i | i | i | - | ī | - |
| উ | ু | u | u | u | u | u | u |
| ঊ | ূ | u | u | u | - | ū | - |
| ঋ | ৃ | ri | ri | ri | - | ri | - |
| ৠ | ৄ | rii | rii | - | - | - | - |
| ঌ | ৢ | li | li | - | - | - | - |
| ৡ | ৣ | lii | lii | - | - | - | - |
| এ | ে | to | e / ê | e | e | e | e |
| এ ' | ে ' | e | - | - | - | - | - |
| ঐ | ৈ | ôi | ôi | ôi | ei | oi | oi |
| ও | ো | û | u / o | u | o / ô | - | ô |
| ঔ | ৌ | ôu | ôu | ôu | ou | ou | ôu |
Consonants
| Consonant | Assamese | Bengal | Bishnupriya- manipuri | Maytey manipuri | Sylhet | Hajong |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ক | kô | kô | kô | kô | xo | ko |
| খ | khô | khô | khô | khô | xo | kho |
| গ | gô | gô | gô | gô | go | go |
| ঘ | ghô | ghô | ghô | ghô | go | gho |
| ঙ | ungô | ngô | ngô | ngô | - | ngo |
| চ | sô | cô / sô | cô | cô | so | - |
| ছ | sô | chô | chô | - | so | so |
| জ | zô | jô | jô | jô | zo | jo |
| ঝ | zhô | jhô | jhô | jhô | zo | jho |
| ঞ | niô | nô | nô | - | - | - |
| ট | tô | ô | ô | - | to | - |
| ঠ | thô | ţhô | ţhô | - | to | - |
| ড | dô | ô | ô | - | do | - |
| ড় | rô | ô | ô | - | ŗo | - |
| ঢ | dhô | đhô | đhô | - | do | - |
| ঢ় | rhô | ŗhô | ŗhô | - | ro | - |
| ণ | nô | nô | nô | - | no | - |
| ত | tô | tô | tô | tô | ṭo | to |
| থ | thô | thô | thô | thô | ṭo | tho |
| দ | dô | dô | dô | dô | ḍo | do |
| ধ | dhô | dhô | dhô | dhô | ḍo | dho |
| ন | nô | nô | nô | nô | no | no |
| প | pô | pô | pô | pô | fo | po |
| ফ | fô | fô | fô | fô | fo | fo |
| ব | bô | bô | bô | bô | bo | bo |
| ভ | bhô | bhô | bhô | bhô | bo | bho |
| ম | mô | mô | mô | mô | mo | mo |
| য | zô | jô | jô | - | zo | - |
| য় | yô | yô | yô | yô | - | yo |
| র | (wô) | rô | rô | rô | ro | - |
| ৰ | rô | (rô) | - | - | ro | ro |
| ল | lô | lô | lô | lô | lo | lo |
| ৱ | wô | - | wô | wô | o | wo |
| শ | xô | şô | şô | - | - | - |
| ষ | xô | şşô | şşô | - | - | - |
| স | xô | şô | sô | sô | şo | - |
| হ | hô | hô | hô | hô | ho | ho |
Numbers
| Arabic numerals | 0 | one | 2 | 3 | four | five | 6 | 7 | eight | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East nagari figures | 0 | 1 | ২ | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Assamese names | xuinno | ek | dui | tini | sari | pas | soy | xat | ath | no |
| শূন্য | এক | দুই | তিনি | চাৰি | পাচ | ছয় | সাত | আঠ | ন | |
| Bengali names | śunyô | êk / æk / | dui | tin / t̪ɪn̪ / | car | paṁc | chôy / chôe | śat | aṭ | nôe / nôy |
| শূন্য | এক | দুই | তিন | চার | পাঁচ | ছয় / ছএ | সাত | আট | নএ / নয় | |
| Meitey manipuri names | ama | ani | ahum | mari | manga | taruk | taret | nipa: l | ma: pal | tara: |
| অমা | অনি | অহুম | মরি | মঙা | তরুক | তরেৎ | নিপাল | মাপল | তরা | |
| Sylhet names | shuinno | e x | dui | tin | sair | fas | soe | shat / hat | aŧ | noe |
| ꠡꠥꠁꠘ꠆ꠘ꠩ | ꠄꠇ | ꠖꠥꠁ | ꠔꠤꠘ | ꠌꠣꠁꠞ | ꠙꠣꠌ | ꠍꠄ | ꠡꠣꠔ / ꠢꠣꠔ | ꠀꠐ | ꠘꠄ |
Eastern Nagari in Unicode
The unit in the Unicode character encoding standard for east nagari is called “Bengali” ( eng. Bengali ) and has the rank U + 0980 — U + 09FF.
| Bengali ¹ ² The table on the official website of the Unicode Consortium (eng.) | ||||||||||||||||
| 0 | one | 2 | 3 | four | five | 6 | 7 | eight | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
| U + 098x | ঀ | ঁ | ং | ঃ | অ | আ | ই | ঈ | উ | ঊ | ঋ | ঌ | এ | |||
| U + 099x | ঐ | ও | ঔ | ক | খ | গ | ঘ | ঙ | চ | ছ | জ | ঝ | ঞ | ট | ||
| U + 09Ax | ঠ | ড | ঢ | ণ | ত | থ | দ | ধ | ন | প | ফ | ব | ভ | ম | য | |
| U + 09Bx | র | ল | শ | ষ | স | হ | ় | ঽ | া | ি | ||||||
| U + 09Cx | ী | ু | ূ | ৃ | ৄ | ে | ৈ | ো | ৌ | ্ | ৎ | |||||
| U + 09Dx | ৗ | ড় | ঢ় | য় | ||||||||||||
| U + 09Ex | ৠ | ৡ | ৢ | ৣ | 0 | 1 | ২ | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||
| U + 09Fx | ৰ | ৱ | ৲ | ৳ | ৴ | ৵ | ৶ | . | ৸ | ৹ | ৺ | ৻ | ৼ | ৽ | ||
Notes
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Literature
- Mahendra Bora. The Evolution of Assamese Script. - Jorhat, Assam: Axom Xahitya Xabha (Assam Sahitya Sabha), 1981.
Links
- The Hindu - Scripting a solution (English)