Phonology
The Assamese phonemic inventory consists of eight vowels, ten diphthongs, and twenty-one consonants.
Front | Central | Back | |||||||
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IPA | ROM | Script | IPA | ROM | Script | IPA | ROM | Script | |
Close | i | i | ই/ঈ | u | u | উ/ঊ | |||
Near-close | ʊ | û | ও | ||||||
Close-mid | e | e | এ' | o | o | অ' | |||
Open-mid | ɛ | ê | এ | ɔ | ô | অ | |||
Open | a | a | আ |
Labial | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||||
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IPA | ROM | Script | IPA | ROM | Script | IPA | ROM | Script | IPA | ROM | Script | ||
Nasal | m | m | ম | n | n | ন/ণ | ŋ | ng | ঙ/ং | ||||
Stop | p | p | প | t | t | ত/ট | k | k | ক | ||||
pʰ | ph | ফ | tʰ | th | থ/ঠ | kʰ | kh | খ | |||||
b | b | ব | d | d | দ/ড | ɡ | g | গ | |||||
bʱ | bh | ভ | dʱ | dh | ধ/ঢ | ɡʱ | gh | ঘ | |||||
Fricative | s | s | চ/ছ | x | x | শ/ষ/স | ɦ | h | হ | ||||
z | z | জ/ঝ/য | |||||||||||
Approximant | w | w | ৱ | l, ɹ | l, r | ল, ৰ |
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