5.1 Redundant graphemes for the vowel sounds and.4.5 Characteristics of the orthographic word.3.3.7 Exceptional consonant-vowel combinations.The Bengali script is, however, less blocky and presents a more sinuous shape. It is recognizable by a distinctive horizontal line running along the tops of the letters that links them together, a property it shares with two other popular Indian scripts: Devanagari (used for Hindi, Marathi and Nepali) and Gurumukhi (used for Punjabi). It is written from left to right and lacks distinct letter cases. its vowel graphemes are mainly realized not as independent letters, but as diacritics attached to its consonant letters. From a classificatory point of view, the Bengali script is an abugida, i.e.
Historically, the script has also been used to write the Sanskrit language in the same region. All these languages are spoken in the eastern region of South Asia. The script with variations is used for Assamese and is basis for Meitei, Bishnupriya Manipuri, Kokborok, Garo and Mundari alphabets. The Bengali alphabet ( Bengali: বাংলা লিপি bangla lipi or Bengali: বাংলা হরফ bangla horof) is the writing system for the Bengali language.
