<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Thank you so much Leonid! <div><br></div><div>The German case was an analogy and obviously not a very helpful one :) I don't speak Bangla, so I asked my RAs to describe the issue in more detail:</div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">In Bangla, certain combinations of letters combine to form consonant clusters. For anyone who speaks German, think of the ß. It is different from ss, but the meaning gets across. Just be prepared for a stink eye from any Germans. Similarly in Bangla the meaning gets across but the same ß breaks up into s+s.</span><span aria-label="" class="gmail-c-mrkdwn__br" style="box-sizing:inherit;display:block;height:8px;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"></span><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">Below is a list of some of the most common consonant clusters in Bengali. Clusters of two consonants are the most common, but it is possible to also have three. They are presented in Bengali alphabetical order. In clan all of the combined clusters break up into their individual components.</span><span aria-label="" class="gmail-c-mrkdwn__br" style="box-sizing:inherit;display:block;height:8px;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"></span><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ক + ট = ক্ট</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ক + ত = ক্ত</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ক + র = ক্র</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ক + ল = ক্ল</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ক + ষ = ক্ষ</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ক + স = ক্স</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">গ + ধ = গ্ধ</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">গ + ন = গ্ন</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">গ + ল = গ্ল</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ঙ + ক = ঙ্ক</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ঙ + গ = ঙ্গ</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">চ + চ = চ্চ</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">চ + ছ = চ্ছ</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">জ + জ = জ্জ</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">জ + ঞ = জ্ঞ</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">জ + ব = জ্ব</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ঞ + চ = ঞ্চ</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ঞ + ছ = ঞ্ছ</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ঞ + জ = ঞ্জ</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ঞ + ঝ = ঞ্ঝ</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ট + ট = ট্ট</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ড + ড = ড্ড</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ণ + ট = ণ্ট</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ণ + ঠ = ণ্ঠ</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ণ + ড = ণ্ড</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ত + ত = ত্ত</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ত + থ = ত্থ</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ত + ব = ত্ব</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ত + ম = ত্ম</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ত + র = ত্র</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">দ + দ = দ্দ</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">দ + ধ = দ্ধ</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">দ + ব = দ্ব</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">দ + ম = দ্ম</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ধ + ব = ধ্ব</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ন + ত = ন্ত</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ন + থ = ন্থ</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ন + দ = ন্দ</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ন + ধ = ন্ধ</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ন + ন = ন্ন</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ন + ম = ন্ম</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">প + ত = প্ত</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">প + প = প্প</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">প + ল = প্ল</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ফ + ল = ফ্ল</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ব + জ = ব্জ</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ব + দ = ব্দ</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ব + ধ = ব্ধ</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ব + ব = ব্ব</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ব + ল = ব্ল</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ভ + র = ভ্র</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ম + প = ম্প</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ম + ব = ম্ব</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ম + ভ = ম্ভ</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ম + ম = ম্ম</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ম + ল = ম্ল</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ল + ক = ল্ক</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ল + প = ল্প</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ল + ল = ল্ল</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">শ + চ = শ্চ</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">শ + ব = শ্ব</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ষ + ক = ষ্ক</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ষ + ট = ষ্ট</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ষ + ঠ = ষ্ঠ</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ষ + প = ষ্প</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">স + ক = স্ক</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">স + ট = স্ট</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">স + ত = স্ত</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">স + থ = স্থ</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">স + ন = স্ন</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">স + প = স্প</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">স + ব = স্ব</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">হ + ণ = হ্ণ</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">হ + ম = হ্ম</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">জ + জ + ব = জ্জ্ব</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ত + ত + ব = ত্ত্ব</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ন + ত + ব = ন্ত্ব</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">স + থ + য = স্থ্য</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ন + ত + র = ন্ত্র</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">ন + দ + র = ন্দ্র</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures">স + ত + র = স্ত্র</span><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures;background-color:rgb(248,248,248)">Interestingly, clan always breaks up these consonant clusters into their correct individual components, so it seems like </span><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures;background-color:rgb(248,248,248)">there’s</span><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures;background-color:rgb(248,248,248)"> an understanding in the software that these clusters exist and what </span><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures;background-color:rgb(248,248,248)">they’re</span><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures;background-color:rgb(248,248,248)"> made up of. It just fails to understand that it should keep the consonant together instead of breaking it apart. </span><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures;background-color:rgb(248,248,248)"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,Slack-Fractions,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures;background-color:rgb(248,248,248)">3 words as examples that I have probably encountered in every Bangla transcription so far and these came up multiple times in each. The 3 words with their English meaning are as follows:</span></div><div><img src="cid:ii_lepweuts0" alt="Screen Shot 2023-02-28 at 2.28.00 AM.png" width="472" height="110"><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thank you so much for looking into this, and let me know if you need further information!</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Ran</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 27, 2023 at 9:32 AM Leonid Spektor <<a href="mailto:spektor@andrew.cmu.edu">spektor@andrew.cmu.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Hi Ran,<div><br></div><div>1. To get all speakers and all dependent tiers from gem use this command:</div><div><br></div><div><b>gem +stoy +g +d1 +f +t%: @ </b><br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>2. For testing I have selected German ABC-QWERTZ keyboard. When entering ß character in CLAN I do not see it splitting. All I get is letter ß. I am using Mac and the latest version of CLAN. I would say that CLAN does not change character codes that it gets from the system. The splitting must occur in the OS system. What computer and OS are you using?</div><div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Feb 27, 2023, at 08:41, ran...@<a href="http://g.harvard.edu" target="_blank">g.harvard.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:ran_wei@g.harvard.edu" target="_blank">ran_wei@g.harvard.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br><div>Hello,<div><br><div>Happy Monday! Two questions:</div><div><br></div><div>1. I'm using GEM to segment my transcripts (with different episodes marked using @Bg: and @Eg:). I've been typing in the main and dependent tiers to keep in the GEM-generated transcripts: <b>gem +stoy +g +d1 +f +t*MOT +t%act: @ </b></div><div>It works, but I am working with transcripts with many dependent tiers and I worry I might miss a few. I wonder if there's a way to include all main tiers and dependent tiers, basically keeping the transcript intact and only segment it into different GEM episodes.</div></div><div><br></div><div>2. My research assistants have been transcribing Bangla in CLAN and they realize the letters get spit up as they type. Similar to when German <span style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif">β gets turned into ss, you can still understand the word meaning but the spelling seems off. We tried typing up the words in a word doc and copy and paste them into CLAN, but the letters still get automatically split. Is there a way we could fix this? It's ok if not - this issue does not affect VOCD anyways, so we can work with what we have. </span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif">Thanks and have a great week,</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif">Ran</span></div><div><br></div>

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