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I downloaded the aspell package for Bengali language dictionary support. From the tarball, I was able to isolate the bn.wl file, which is simply a list of about 100,000 words, one on each line.

The problem is that the encoding is apparently is13194-bn, and any text editor I open the file with is showing garbage (one garbage-word per line). It's probably expecting utf8 or something.

How can I convert this file to readable form? I tried using iconv but it apparently can't recognize the encoding.

fixer1234
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Use aspell itself to provide the word list in a readable format: 

aspell -l bn dump master

The -l switch targets a specific dictionary, if it is absent, then the default dictionary is chosen.

Paul
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