Language/Assamese/Pronunciation/Alphabet-and-Pronunciation

Assamese has a long literary tradition, and was used for edicts and other writings of medieval kings. The alphabet is part of the Bengali-Assamese script. It is identical to the Bengali alphabet except for the letters ৰ (ro), ৱ (vo) and ক্ষ (khya).

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Vowels

Letter	Diacritic	Transliteration	IPA
অ	◌	ko	kɔ
অ’	◌’	kó	ko
আ	া	ka	ka
ই	ি	ki	ki
ঈ	ী	ki	ki
উ	ু	ku	ku
ঊ	ূ	ku	ku
ঋ	ৃ	kri	kri
এ	ে	ke	kɛ
এ’	ে’	ké	ke
ঐ	ৈ	koi	kɔj
ও	ো	kú	kʊ
ঔ	ৌ	kou	kɔw

Consonants

Letter	Transliteration	IPA
ক	k	k
খ	kh	kʰ
গ	g	ɡ
ঘ	gh	ɡʱ
ঙ	ng/ŋ	ŋ
চ	s	s
ছ	s	s
জ	z	z
ঝ	zh	z
ঞ	y, n	j~n
ট	t	t
ঠ	th	tʰ
ড	d	d
ঢ	dh	dʱ
ণ	n	n
ত	t	t
থ	th	tʰ
দ	d	d
ধ	dh	dʱ
ন	n	n
প	p	p
ফ	ph/f	pʰ~ɸ
ব	b	b
ভ	bh/v	bʱ~β
ম	m	m
য	z	z
ৰ	r	ɹ
ল	l	l
ৱ	w	w~β
শ	x,s	x~s
ষ	x,s	x~s
স	x,s	x~s
হ	h	ɦ
ক্ষ	khy, kkh	kʰj~kkʰ
ড়	r	ɹ
ঢ়	rh	ɹɦ
য়	y	j