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Bengali Script & Sounds (L1)

CEFR A1 · Start here. The Bengali script hanging from its headline, the inherent vowel that is 'o' and sometimes silent, the four-way consonant contrast, and the conjuncts that fuse letters together.

Professional electiveBeginnerBengaliCertificateAligned: CEFR level A1
1 module 11 lessons 16 enrolled ~12h of material

First three lessons free. Full access with Karka Pass from ₹49 for 7 days (7 days ₹49 · 30 days ₹199 · 1 year ₹1,999).

Bengali Script & Sounds (L1)

By the end

What you'll build

  • Read and write the Bengali consonants and vowel signs
  • Apply the inherent vowel rule — o, not a — and know when it's silent
  • Produce the four-way stop contrast: voicing and aspiration
  • Recognise the main conjunct consonants
  • Distinguish the two s sounds and the retroflex/dental pairs
  • Greet, thank and introduce yourself

Curriculum

What's inside

1 module · 11 lessons

  1. 01

    The Script and the Sounds

    11 lessons
    • Find Your Level — Read This First
    • Find Your Level — 5-Minute Placement Checkquiz
    • How Bengali Writing Works
    • Trace the Bengali Lettersscript trace
    • Type Bengalilipi type
    • + 6 more lessons

The shape of it

How this course works

Short lessons

11 lessons across 1 module, each small enough to finish in one sitting.

Practice as you go

Every lesson ends with a small space for what you noticed — the doing is the learning.

A certificate at the end

Finish the course and earn a certificate anyone can verify with a link.

Ready when you are.

Make an account and this course opens up — your progress is saved from the very first lesson.