Khan, MumitNaushad UzZaman2010-09-222010-09-2220052005-05ID 01201019http://hdl.handle.net/10361/181Cataloged from PDF version of thesis report.Includes bibliographical references.This thesis report is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering, 2005.We present a phonetic encoding for Bangla that can be used by spelling checkers, transliteration, name searching application and cross-lingual information retrieval to drastically improve the quality. The complex, and often inconsistent, rules of Bangla word present a significant challenge in producing a proper phonetic code. We propose a phonetic encoding for Bangla, taking into account the various context-sensitive rules, including those involving the large repertoire of conjuncts in Bangla.125 pagesenBRAC University thesis are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.Computer science and engineeringThesis