Rohingya/Alphabet and pronunciation

This is the first school book to learn Rohingya language. The first few pages introduce you about how to pronounce each alpahbets and the sound of each alphabets in the text.

Alphabets

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A B C Ç D E F
G H I J K L M
N Ñ O P Q R S
T U V W X Y Z

a b c ç d e f
g h i j k l m
n ñ o p q r s
t u v w x y z

Rohingya language consists of only 28 alphabets out of which 26 are English alphabets and the remaining 2 are the Latin characters found in many European languages making the language easily available in today's Internet,computers and mobile devices including mobile phones. For Microsoft Windows users, you can select "United States International" keyboard settings so that you can type the two Latin characters including the five accented vowels used in Rohingya language.

Basic sounds

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Ba Be Bi Bo Bu Bou
Ca Ce Ci Co Cu Cou
Ça Çe Çi Ço Çu Çou
Da De Di Do Du Dou

Fa Fe Fi Fo Fu Fou
Ga Ge Gi Go Gu Gou
Ha He Hi Ho Hu Hou

Ja Je Ji Jo Ju Jou
Ka Ke Ki Ko Ku Kou
La Le Li Lo Lu Lou
Ma Me Mi Mo Mu Mou
Na Ne Ni No Nu Nou

Pa Pe Pi Po Pu Pou
Qa Qe Qi Qo Qu Qou
Ra Re Ri Ro Ru Rou
Sa Se Si So Su Sou
Ta Te Ti To Tu Tou

Va Ve Vi Vo Vu Vou
Wa We Wi Wo Wu Wou
Xa Xe Xi Xo Xu Xou
Ya Ye Yi Yo Yu You
Za Ze Zi Zo Zu Zou

In Rohingya language, there are 22 consonants each making six different sounds when joined with vowels as shown above. As you can see above there are six basic vowels the last one being dual character vowels (ou).