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Consonants
IPA	Sylheti	Examples	ISO 15919	English Approximation
b	ꠛ, ꠜ	ꠛꠣꠙ, ꠜꠣꠁ	b	abash
d̪	ꠖ, ꠗ	ꠖꠣꠉ, ꠗꠣꠘ	d	deal (dental), the (Th-stopping)
ɖ	ꠒ, ꠓ	ꠒꠦꠇꠣ, ꠑꠣꠟ	ḍ	American English bird
dʒ	ꠎ, ꠏ	ꠁꠎ꠆ꠎꠔ, ꠏꠣꠟ	j	hedge
f	ꠙ, ꠚ	ꠙꠣꠘ, ꠚꠟ	j	fish
ɸ	ꠙ, ꠚ	ꠙꠥꠀ, ꠚꠣꠇ	f	find
ɡ	ꠉ, ꠊ	ꠉꠣꠍ, ꠊꠣ‌ꠘꠥꠀ	g	agate
ɦ	ꠢ	ꠢꠣꠔꠇꠞꠣ, ꠢꠥꠐꠇꠤ	h	behind
j	ꠄ	ꠝꠄꠘꠣ	y	yes
k	ꠇ, ꠈ	ꠇꠤꠍꠝꠔ, ꠈꠥꠀꠛ	k	scan
l	ꠟ	ꠟꠣꠡ	l	leaf
m	ꠝ	ꠝꠣꠁꠎꠤ	m	much
n	ꠘ	ꠘꠣꠇ	n	not
ŋ	ꠋ	ꠢꠥꠋꠉꠣ, ꠞꠋ	ṅ	sing
p	ꠙ	ꠍꠣꠙ꠆ꠙꠣ, ꠌꠣꠝ꠆ꠙꠣ	p	span
r^[1]	ꠞ	ꠀꠞꠣꠝ	r	ring; flapped or trilled r
ɽ	ꠠ	ꠛꠠ, ꠉꠣꠠꠤ, ꠊꠥꠠꠣ	ṛ	US: larder
s	ꠌ, ꠍ	ꠌꠣꠃꠟ, ꠔꠍꠛꠤꠞ	s	sue
ʃ	ꠡ	ꠝꠡꠣ, ꠡꠙꠞꠤ, ꠡꠝꠄ	ś	shoe
t̪	ꠔ, ꠕ	ꠔꠣꠙ, ꠕꠣꠟ	t	think (Th-stopping), thought (Th-stopping)
ʈ	ꠐ, ꠑ	ꠐꠦꠇꠞ, ꠑꠥꠐ	ṭ	art (rhotic)
tʃ	ꠌ, ꠍ	ꠛꠣꠁꠌ꠆ꠌꠣ, ꠁꠌ꠆ꠍꠣ	c	catch
β	ꠅ	ꠅꠤꠍꠣ, ꠅꠧꠐ	v	visa, vote
w^[2]	ꠅ	ꠅꠣꠖꠣ, ꠅꠤꠟꠤꠀꠝ	w	wall
x	ꠇ, ꠈ	ꠇꠟꠝ, ꠈꠣꠞꠣꠙ	k͟h	Scottish loch
z	ꠎ, ꠏ	ꠎꠣꠇꠣꠔ, ꠏꠣꠝꠦꠟꠣ	z	zip

Vowels
Monophthongs
IPA	Sylheti	Examples	ISO 15919	English Approximation
a	ꠀ	ꠀꠝ	ā	between fat and father^[3]
e	ꠄ	ꠄꠘ꠆ꠒꠣ	ē	may
i	ꠁ	ꠁꠐ	i	beat
o	ꠅ	ꠅꠎꠥ	ō	story
ɔ	ꠅ	ꠅꠘꠦ	ô	off
u	ꠃ	ꠃꠘ꠆ꠖꠣꠟ	u	cool
ʊ	ꠅ	ꠀꠅ, ꠎꠣꠅ	ŭ	foot
Diphthongs
ɔi	ꠅꠂ, ꠅꠁ	ꠅꠂꠍꠦ, ꠜꠂꠌꠣꠟ	ôi	soil
ɔu	ꠅꠃ	ꠅꠃꠡꠗ, ꠘꠃꠇꠣ	ôu	goal

Suprasegmentals
IPA
ˈ	primary stress (placed before stressed syllable)^[4]
ˌ	secondary stress (placed before stressed syllable)^[4]
ː	doubled consonant

Notes

^ /r/ is phonetically an alveolar flap [ɾ], alveolar trill [r] or alveolar approximant [ɹ] depending on the variety and speaker.
^ When preceding a vowel in word-initial positions, /w/ may occur as an allophone of /o/ and /u/, especially in loan words e.g. ꠅꠣꠖꠣ [wada] 'promise', ꠅꠤꠟꠤꠀꠝ [wiliam] 'William'.
^ Closer to fat in most British and Irish accents; closer to father in most North American, Australian and New Zealand accents.
^ ^a ^b Primary stress usually occurs in word-initial positions with secondary stress occurring afterwards.

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