sentences:  Furthermore, using a form of reduplication called "echo reduplication", the long vowel in "ca" can be copied into the reduplicant "ṭa", giving "caṭa" ('tea and all that comes with it').Thus, in addition to "caṭa" ('the tea') with a longer first vowel and "caṭa" ('licking') with no long vowels, we have "caṭa" ('tea and all that comes with it') with two longer vowels.The phonological alternations of Bengali vary greatly due to the dialectal differences between the speech of Bengalis living on the "Poschim" (western) side and "Purbo" (eastern) side of the Padma River.