Editing Anusvara (section)

===Bengali===
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In the [[Bengali alphabet|Bengali script]], the anusvara diacritic ({{Langx|bn|অনুস্বার|translit=ônuśśar}}) is written as a circle above a slanted line (<big>ং</big>), and represents /অঙ্/. It is used in the name of the [[Bengali language]] <big>বাংলা</big> {{IPA|[baŋla]}} and has merged in pronunciation with the letter <big>ঙ</big> ''unga'' in Bengali.

Although the anusvara is a consonant in [[Bengali phonology]], it is treated in the written system as a diacritic in that it is always directly adjacent to the preceding consonant, even when consonants are spaced apart in titles or banners: <big>বাং-লা-দে-শ</big> ''baṅ-la-de-ś'', not <big>বা-ং-লা-দে-শ</big> ''ba-ṅ-la-de-ś'' for <big>বাংলাদেশ</big> ''[[Bangladesh]]''. It is never pronounced with the inherent vowel 'ô', and it cannot take a vowel sign (instead, the consonant <big>ঙ</big> ''uṅô'' is used before vowels).