Bengali Unicode Characters page 1

The Bengali block includes characters used in the Bengali script, which is used for writing Bengali, Assamese, and several other languages in eastern India and Bangladesh. The script is also an abugida, where consonants have an inherent vowel sound. This block contains characters for vowels, consonants, numerals, and various diacritical marks that modify the vowel sounds or silence the inherent vowel. Bengali is the fifth most spoken language in the world, and this script is central to its rich literary tradition, which includes works from Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore..