Acoustics of Bangla Speech Sounds

Prof. Asoke Kumar Datta, an MSc. (Pure Math), was born in 1935 and worked in Indian Statistical Institute 1955-1994, retired as HOD Electronics and Communication Sciences Department, Visiting Professor of ISI till date; President, BOM-BOM, Kolkata; Senior Guest Researcher, Sir C V Raman Centre for Physics and Music, JU; Executive Member, Society for Natural Language Technology Research, Kolkata; Life Member, Acoustical Society of India; J C Bose Memorial Award, 1969, Sir C V Raman Award, 1982-83 &1998-99, S K Mitra Memorial Award, 1984, Sri C Achyut Menon Prize, 2001.

• Part 1: Vowel, Semi-vowels, Diphthongs.- Introduction.- Vowel.- Nasal Vowels.- Aspirated Vowels.- Diphthongs.- Semi-Vowels.- Part 2: Consonants.- Introduction.- Experimental Procedure.- Speech Material.- Acoustic Analysis.- EPG Analysis.- Summary.