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Bengali and Dutch: A Phonological Contrastive Analysis of the front Monophthongs

dc.contributor.authorHaque, Mohammed Shahedul
dc.contributor.authorSharfuddin, Nashrah
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-02T10:28:10Z
dc.date.available2026-01-02T10:28:10Z
dc.date.issued2025-12-30
dc.identifier.issn1731-7533
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11089/57147
dc.description.abstractThis paper investigates the monophthongs of Bengali and Dutch, analyzing the similarities and differences in the phonetic characteristics between the two languages, particularly focusing on front monophthongs. The study determines the challenges faced by Bengali-speaking learners of Dutch (BLD) and Dutch-speaking learners of Bengali (DLB) as a foreign language. Using a quantitative-contrastive phonemic analysis (Haque, 2015; Haque & Jannat, 2022; Haque & Sharfuddin, 2023), the study mathematically demonstrates that BLD learners face greater difficulty in acquiring its target language, as Dutch has twice as many front monophthongs as Bengali. Additionally, no front vowels in both languages share identical phonetic qualities, and there are no mutual phonemes. These phonological differences indicate significant challenges for learners in acquiring their target languages.en
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiegopl
dc.relation.ispartofseriesResearch in Languageen
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
dc.subjectContrastive phonologyen
dc.subjectfront monophthongen
dc.subjectinterferenceen
dc.subjectmispronunciationen
dc.subjectphonological differenceen
dc.subjectIndo-European languagesen
dc.subjectDutchen
dc.subjectBengalien
dc.titleBengali and Dutch: A Phonological Contrastive Analysis of the front Monophthongsen
dc.typeArticle
dc.page.number270-288
dc.contributor.authorAffiliationHaque, Mohammed Shahedul - North South University (NSU)en
dc.contributor.authorAffiliationSharfuddin, Nashrah - BRAC Universityen
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dc.contributor.authorEmailHaque, Mohammed Shahedul - mohammed.haque@northsouth.edu
dc.contributor.authorEmailSharfuddin, Nashrah - nashrah.sharfuddin@bracu.ac.bd
dc.identifier.doi10.18778/1731-7533.23.16
dc.relation.volume23


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