2. Presented by
Md. Anwar Hossain
Instructor (General)
Dadanchak Fazlul Haque PTI

3. There are 12 pure vowels and 8 diphthongs.
There are 44 sounds in English. The sounds are divided in to two groups vowel sounds and consonant sounds.
There are 20 vowel and 24 consonant sounds. The vowel sounds are subdivided into two major groups: pure vowels and diphthongs.
There are 12 pure vowels and 8 diphthongs. a
pure vowels are two types: short vowels and long vowels. There are 7 short and 5 long vowels.

5. Symbols Comparable Sound in Bangla Words Phonemic Transcription i ই
SHORT VOWEL SOUNDS
Symbols
Comparable Sound
in Bangla
Words
Phonemic
Transcription i ই
Sit
/sit/ u উ
Good
/gud/ e এ
Egg
Bed
/eg/
/bed/ ə আ
( হ্রস্বতম )
Away, America
About
/əwei/
/əbout/ æ
অ্যা
Cat , Bat
Fan
/kæt/ ɒ অ On
/ɒn/ ʌ
(হ্রস্ব) Up
Cut
/ʌp/

6. LONG VOWEL SOUNDS Symbols Words Phonemic Transcription i: ঈ Seat
Comparable Sound
In Bangla
Words
Phonemic
Transcription i: ঈ
Seat
See, Bee
/si:t/
/Si:/ u: ঊ
Two
food
/tu:/
/fu:d/ ɜ: আ
(দীর্ঘতম )
Her
bird
/h3:(r)/
/b3:d/ ɔ: ও
দীর্ঘ
Four
Board
/fɔ:/
/bɔ:(r)d/ ɑ:
(দীর্ঘ)
Ask
Cart
/ɑ:sk/
/kɑ:(r)t/

7. Symbols Words ɪə ইআ here /hɪə(r)/ eɪ এই eight /eit/ ʊəʳ উআ cure
Diphthong Sounds
Symbols
Comparable Sound
In Bangla
Words
Phonemic
Transcription ɪə ইআ
here
/hɪə(r)/ eɪ এই
eight
/eit/
ʊəʳ উআ
cure
(য়- j) /kjʊəʳ/ ɔɪ
ও-ই
boy
/ɔɪ:i/ əʊ আউ no
/nəʊ/
eəʳ
এ আ
there
/ðeəʳ/ aɪ
আ-ই
My,five
/mai/, faiv/ aʊ
আ-উ
now
/naʊ/

8. CONSONANT SOUNDS Symbols Words Phonemic Transcription k ক হ Can /kæn/
Comparable Sound
In Bangla
Words
Phonemic
Transcription k
ক হ
Can
/kæn/ D
ড হ Do
/du:/ F ফ
Five
/faiv/ G গ Go
/gəʊ / H হ
House
/haus/ J
য় -ইয়া
Yes
/jes/ L ল
Love
/lʌv/ m ম Me
/mi/

9. n ন Nine /nain/ p পহ Pen /pen/ r র Right /rait/ s স So /səʊ / t টহ Ten
CONSONANT SOUNDS
Symbols
Comparable Sound
In Bangla
Words
Phonemic
Transcription n ন
Nine
/nain/ p পহ
Pen
/pen/ r র
Right
/rait/ s স So
/səʊ / t টহ
Ten
/ten/ v ভ
Very
/veri/ w
ও (হ্রস্ব)
Wet,we
/wet/, /wi:/ ʃ শা
She
/ʃ i: /

10. tʃ চ dʒ জ ʒ জ +ঝ z য ŋ ং /ঙ θ থ ð দ b ব CONSONANT SOUNDS Symbols Words
Comparable Sound
In Bangla
Words
Phonemic
Transcription tʃ চ
Chair
/tʃeəʳ/ dʒ জ
Just
/dʒAst/ ʒ
জ +ঝ
Pleasure
/pleʒr/ z য
Zoo
/zʊ: / ŋ
ং /ঙ
Long
/lɒŋ/ θ থ
Thing
/θiŋ/ ð দ
This
/ðis/ b ব
Bee
/bi:/