Patterns of breakdown of reading and spelling in a non‐alphabetic language: a study in Bengali

In ACS subjects who have Bengali as their first language, difficulty in spelling conjunct consonants within a word can be seen across all complexities of consonant cluster formation, even at the MCI stage. Reading is less severely affected and restricted to irregular words and non-words. Our work should encourage more research on how cognitive impairment affects patterns of breakdown in other non-alphabetic languages.