Why do we 'Umo'?

Roni_uk · #1 August 18, 2014, 05:36 AM

Why?

I have been trying to teach my 6 year old daughter Bangla alphabets and some basic bangla spelling. Of her thousand questions, one of them is - why do we need 'umo'! I have had a hard time explaining this to her as I, too, think it is not needed. She asked me how it sounds like within a word - I said 'ung' (thinking of 'Bang'), she replied saying then why don't you use 'oneshshor'! I, with a red face, said 'hmm'.

So why? who came up with 'Umo'? Can anyone think of any Bangla word which uses 'Umo' but cannot also be spelt using 'onneshshor'? If not, I might just get her to do a complete 'revamp'!

riajul · #2 August 18, 2014, 07:02 AM

I have found three - ব্যাঙ, রাঙা, রঙিন

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riajul · #3 August 18, 2014, 07:18 AM

It is not possible to use 'Aakar' or 'Roshshikar' after/with the alphabet 'Oneshshor' but you can use these with 'Umo'.

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Roni_uk · #4 August 18, 2014, 08:52 AM

damn it.. of course. Thank you riajul bro.

Roni_uk · #5 August 18, 2014, 08:54 AM

but I could say RA+Oneshshor+AA

roman · #6 August 18, 2014, 09:21 AM

It should be pronounced as ranga. .With RA+Oneshshor+AA it will sound like রাং আ with no "ga" sound. I think...

The most useless alphabet in my opinion is ৯..Leee. how did it become a part of bangla bornomala?

Tigers_eye · #7 August 18, 2014, 09:56 AM

I am positive there were SOME other alphabets which is obsolete now. We do not use it any more. Shagskrit letter conversion has created these mess. Unnecessary letters.

Zeeshan · #8 August 19, 2014, 09:55 PM

Shaad uncle er ekta thread chilo money hoy....about "niyo". couldn't find it anymore.

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Originally Posted by Tigers_eye
I am positive there were SOME other alphabets which is obsolete now. We do not use it any more. Shagskrit letter conversion has created these mess. Unnecessary letters.