Bengali

Bengali is a Unicode block containing characters for the Bengali, Assamese, Bishnupriya Manipuri, Daphla, Garo, Hallam, Khasi, Mizo, Munda, Naga, Rian, and Santali languages. In its original incarnation, the code points U+0981..U+09CD were a direct copy of the Bengali characters A1-ED from the 1988 ISCII standard, as well as several Assamese ISCII characters in the U+09F0 column. The Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Gujarati, Oriya, Tamil0B80–0BFF , Telugu0C00–0C7F , Kannada0C80–0CFF , and Malayalam0D00–0D7F blocks were similarly all based on ISCII encodings.

The Bengali alphabet or Bangla alphabet is the writing system for the Bengali language and is the 6th most widely used writing system in the world. The script is shared by Assamese with minor variations, and is the basis for the other writing systems like Meithei and Bishnupriya Manipuri. Historically, the script has also been used to write the Sanskrit language in the region of Bengal. From a classificatory point of view, the Bengali script is an abugida, i.e. its vowel graphemes are mainly realized not as independent letters, but as diacritics attached to its consonant letters. It is written from left to right and lacks distinct letter cases. It is recognizable, as other Brahmic scripts, by a distinctive horizontal line running along the tops of the letters that links them together which is known as matra. The Bengali script is however less blocky and presents a more sinuous shape.

Properties

Range	0980–09FF
Characters	128

List of Characters

Various signs
ঀ

Bengali Anji
ঁ

Bengali Sign Candrabindu
ং

Bengali Sign Anusvara
ঃ

Bengali Sign Visarga
Not defined
Independent vowels
অ

Bengali Letter A
আ

Bengali Letter Aa
ই

Bengali Letter I
ঈ

Bengali Letter Ii
উ

Bengali Letter U
ঊ

Bengali Letter Uu
ঋ

Bengali Letter Vocalic R
ঌ

Bengali Letter Vocalic L
Not defined
Not defined
এ

Bengali Letter E
ঐ

Bengali Letter Ai
Not defined
Not defined
ও

Bengali Letter O
ঔ

Bengali Letter Au
Consonants
ক

Bengali Letter Ka
খ

Bengali Letter Kha
গ

Bengali Letter Ga
ঘ

Bengali Letter Gha
ঙ

Bengali Letter Nga
চ

Bengali Letter Ca
ছ

Bengali Letter Cha
জ

Bengali Letter Ja
ঝ

Bengali Letter Jha
ঞ

Bengali Letter Nya
AD
AD
AD
AD
AD
AD
AD
AD
AD
AD
ট

Bengali Letter Tta
ঠ

Bengali Letter Ttha
ড

Bengali Letter Dda
ঢ

Bengali Letter Ddha
ণ

Bengali Letter Nna
ত

Bengali Letter Ta
থ

Bengali Letter Tha
দ

Bengali Letter Da
ধ

Bengali Letter Dha
ন

Bengali Letter Na
Not defined
প

Bengali Letter Pa
ফ

Bengali Letter Pha
ব

Bengali Letter Ba
ভ

Bengali Letter Bha
ম

Bengali Letter Ma
য

Bengali Letter Ya
র

Bengali Letter Ra
Not defined
ল

Bengali Letter La
Not defined
Not defined
Not defined
শ

Bengali Letter Sha
ষ

Bengali Letter Ssa
স

Bengali Letter Sa
হ

Bengali Letter Ha
Not defined
Not defined
Various signs
়

Bengali Sign Nukta
ঽ

Bengali Sign Avagraha
Dependent vowel signs
া

Bengali Vowel Sign Aa
ি

Bengali Vowel Sign I
ী

Bengali Vowel Sign Ii
ু

Bengali Vowel Sign U
ূ

Bengali Vowel Sign Uu
ৃ

Bengali Vowel Sign Vocalic R
ৄ

Bengali Vowel Sign Vocalic Rr
Not defined
Not defined
ে

Bengali Vowel Sign E
ৈ

Bengali Vowel Sign Ai
Not defined
Not defined
Two-part dependent vowel signs
ো

Bengali Vowel Sign O
ৌ

Bengali Vowel Sign Au
Virama
্

Bengali Sign Virama
Additional consonant
ৎ

Bengali Letter Khanda Ta
Not defined
Not defined
Not defined
Not defined
Not defined
Not defined
Not defined
Not defined
Sign
ৗ

Bengali Au Length Mark
Not defined
Not defined
Not defined
Not defined
Additional consonants
ড়

Bengali Letter Rra
ঢ়

Bengali Letter Rha
Not defined
য়

Bengali Letter Yya
Additional vowels for Sanskrit
ৠ

Bengali Letter Vocalic Rr
ৡ

Bengali Letter Vocalic Ll
ৢ

Bengali Vowel Sign Vocalic L
ৣ

Bengali Vowel Sign Vocalic Ll
Reserved
Not defined
Not defined
Digits
০

Bengali Digit Zero
১

Bengali Digit One
২

Bengali Digit Two
৩

Bengali Digit Three
৪

Bengali Digit Four
৫

Bengali Digit Five
৬

Bengali Digit Six
৭

Bengali Digit Seven
৮

Bengali Digit Eight
৯

Bengali Digit Nine
Additions for Assamese
ৰ

Bengali Letter Ra with Middle Diagonal
ৱ

Bengali Letter Ra with Lower Diagonal
Currency symbols
৲

Bengali Rupee Mark
৳

Bengali Rupee Sign
Historic symbols for fractional values
৴

Bengali Currency Numerator One
৵

Bengali Currency Numerator Two
৶

Bengali Currency Numerator Three
৷

Bengali Currency Numerator Four
৸

Bengali Currency Numerator One Less Than the Denominator
৹

Bengali Currency Denominator Sixteen
Sign
৺

Bengali Isshar
Historic currency sign
৻

Bengali Ganda Mark
Signs
ৼ

Bengali Letter Vedic Anusvara
৽

Bengali Abbreviation Sign
৾

Bengali Sandhi Mark
Not defined

Table of Characters

0900–097F Devanagari 0A00–0A7F Gurmukhi

0: Basic Multilingual Plane

1: Supplementary Multilingual Plane

2: Supplementary Ideographic Plane

3: Tertiary Ideographic Plane

4-13: Not Used

14: Supplementary Special-purpose Plane

15: Supplementary Private Use Area Plane – A

16: Supplementary Private Use Area Plane – B

Bengali

Properties

List of Characters

Various signs

Independent vowels

Consonants

Various signs

Dependent vowel signs

Two-part dependent vowel signs

Virama

Additional consonant

Sign

Additional consonants

Additional vowels for Sanskrit

Reserved

Digits

Additions for Assamese

Currency symbols

Historic symbols for fractional values