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  2. Help:IPA/Bengali - Wikipedia

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    This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Bengali on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Bengali in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.

  3. Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias - Wikipedia

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    Because of the nature of onomatopoeia, there are many words which show a similar pronunciation in the languages of the world. The following is a list of some conventional examples: The following is a list of some conventional examples:

  4. Bengali phonology - Wikipedia

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    In a simple declarative sentence, most words and/or phrases in Bengali carry a rising tone, [17] with the exception of the last word in the sentence, which only carries a low tone. This intonational pattern creates a musical tone to the typical Bengali sentence, with low and high tones alternating until the final drop in pitch to mark the end ...

  5. Korean phonology - Wikipedia

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    Some words experience tensification of initial plain consonants, in both native and Sino-Korean words. It is proscribed in normative Standard Korean, but may be widespread or occur in free variation in certain words. [36] Examples: 가시 /kasi/ "1) thorn; 2) worm" is pronounced 까시 /k͈asi/

  6. Eun (Korean given name) - Wikipedia

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    The meaning of a Korean given name differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 30 hanja with the reading " eun " [ 1 ] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.

  7. Initial sound rule - Wikipedia

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    During the North's brief use of the initial sound rule, the Sino-Korean term "領導者" (leader) is spelled using the initial sound rule: 영도자 yeongdoja instead of ryeongdoja 령도자. In native Korean words, ㄹ r does not occur word initially, unlike in Chinese loans. As confirmed in literature from as early the 16th century ...

  8. Yale romanization of Korean - Wikipedia

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    A superscript letter indicates consonants that have disappeared from a word's South Korean orthography and standard pronunciation. For example, the South Korean orthographic syllable 영 (RR yeong) is romanized as follows: [13] yeng where no initial consonant has been dropped. Example: 영어 (英語) yeng.e; l yeng where an initial l (ㄹ) has ...

  9. Rieul (hangul) - Wikipedia

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    Rieul (sign: ㄹ; Korean: 리을, rieul) is a consonant of the Korean alphabet. Rieul is pronounced [ ɾ ] at the beginning of a word and [ l ] at the end of a word. For example: 러시아 reosia ("Russia"), 별 byeol ("star").