Romanization System






Use one roman letter for one bengali letter. Eg. instead of "gh" (O) or "ch/chh" (Q/R), write G and C.
Think of one roman letter equivalent to a bengali letter, phonetically. Eg. h should be equivalent to "b" – not "ba" or "baw". When we write or pronounce h, it has the "" sound in it, plus the "A " vowel. 
In this proposal, "B-L¡l " "C-L¡l " are expressed symbolically – not phonetically. Instead of "aa" or "a" for "B-L¡l ", we write "|" after a letter – eg. k|= . Here is the main difference of the proposed romanization from the ones currently in use. 
For compound words, use "." after the first letter - which stands for qp ¢Qq² (Ú )z Eg: "'= SÚ+STherefore we write "j. j
There is no space between the letters and/or the punctuation marks within a word.
The best part of this romanization system is, if you get to know the basic rules once, you need not have to look at the romanization everytime - but you can type from your memory and logic.  Since the rules are almost similar to Bengali, you should not take much time to learn them.

Vowels

A B C D E F G H I=JC J K=JE
a a| i I u U R e oi o ou

Consonants

L M N O P Q R S T U
k K g G n' c C j J n`

V W X Y Z a b c d e
T T' D D' N t t' d d' n

f g h i j k l m n o
p f b v m z r l x S

p q u s t w=PÚÚ x   y v
s h y D, D', n* : (colon mark) ~ (write after the letter) t. (a-H qp¿¹)

Matra Symbols



B-L¡l, C-L¡l, D- L¡l, H-L¡l, k-gm¡ etc. are written with the help of signs (not phonetically like ‘ke", ki, kee etc.) – but exactly the way we write in Bengali. Eg.  k|= L¡   /k = ¢L   k\=  (k = ­L  k}= LÉ z  Write them exactly in the same place as in Bengali - Eg., write "|" after a letter, "/" before a letter, "(" before a letter etc. Only ­lg is written before the letter, since it is a sound that stands inbetween the letter on which it sits, and the one before it.

¡ ¢   £   ¤   § ­ ¯ ­ ¡   ±   ª G-gm¡     Ë 
l - gm¡
  Ñ
­lg
É
|
(write before the letter)

(write after the letter)
.u
(write after the letter)
.U
(write after the letter)
(
(write before the letter)
[
(write before the letter)
(  |
(write  the letter in the middle)
]
(write  the letter in the middle)
.R
(write after the letter)
. r_
(write after the letter)
`
(write before
the letter)
}
(write after the letter)
For example:
L ¢L ­L ¯L ­L¡ ­L±
k k| /k k\ k.u k.U (k [k
or
LC=ki
(k| (k]
or
LE=ku
k.R k.r_ `k k}

Half Letters




If the half letter is the left half of a conjugate letters, consider it as  a letter with  qp ¢Qq² (Ú )  Eg..  p¤Ãa= p¤+fÚ+a Therefore write it as s.up.t
If the half letter is the right half of a conjugate letter, consider it as a letter after qp ¢Qq² (Ú ) Eg.. n¤LÔ¡=n¤+LÚ +m +¡ Therefore write as x.uk.l|  for normal romanization.  However while using transliteration for fonts, add a ' - 'sign before the latter half.


  ³ ´ µ · ¸    ¹    º    »   ¼    ½
¿
g. n'. c. j. - N.   -t -t.t - t.r_   -d -d' n.

     Á Ã    Ä Ç   È Ò     Ô Õ Ö   Ù    Û
  -n p. -b m. -m l.   -l x. S. s. .-h

Joint Letters

ƒ š
k.k k.t k.s n'.g n''.c n''.C n".,j n".J T.T D.D t.t t'.t

œ Ÿ Ü Þ á å ê ë ì î ü þ r =LÚ+M
t.r_ d.d d.d' d.d'.b d.v n.d' b.j b.d b.d' b.b s.w h.m k.K
Examples

ajgr a|m i/lx Id ul.l.uk US| R/S eb|r oir|bt or| ouSD'
ASNl Bj C¢mn Dc Eõ¤L Fo¡ G¢o Hh¡l Il¡ha Jl¡ Kod

klm K|b|r, Kbr gl| , g\t Gr b|n*l| cl(t Cl|t. j-b|l| J~|T| /mn`|
Lmj M¡h¡l, 
Mhl
Nm¡, N£a Ol h¡wm¡ Qm­a Rm¡v   SÄ¡m¡  Ty¡V¡ ¢jU¡

hD,k| k.Km| T|k| /T'k.uj\ Dn'.k| /D'/p kl}|N t(b t'|(m| dt.tk
qsL¡ rj¡ V¡L¡ ¢WL¤S£ X´L¡ ¢Y¢f LmÉ¡Z a­h b¡­j¡ cšL


Punctuation Marks

z   , :   ; " ' ?
&. &, &: &; ""  (shift+')keys twice '' 
(') key twice
?

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