![]() Some of these clusters, such as the mr in মৃত্যু mrittü "death" or the sp in স্পষ্ট spôshṭo "clear", have become extremely common, and can be considered legal consonant clusters in Bengali. Sanskrit (তৎসম tôtshômo) words borrowed into Bengali, however, possess a wide range of clusters, expanding the maximum syllable structure to CCCVC. Many speakers of Bengali restrict their phonology to this pattern, even when using Sanskrit or English borrowings, such as গেরাম geram (CV.CVC) for গ্রাম gram (CCVC) "village" or ইস্কুল iskul/ ishkul (VC.CVC) for স্কুল skul (CCVC) "school". one vowel flanked by a consonant on each side). ![]() ![]() Native Banala (তদ্ভব tôdbhôbo) words do not allow initial consonant clusters the maximum syllabic structure is CVC (i.e. ![]()
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