Help:IPA/Assamese

This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Assamese on Wikipedia.

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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Assamese language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

Consonants
IPA	Assamese	Examples	WRA	English Approximation
b	ব	বন	b	about
bʱ	ভ	ভাল	bh	clubhouse
d	দ ড	দ, ডাঙৰ	d	code
dʱ	ধ ঢ	ধুনীয়া, ঢোল	dh	redhead
ɡ	গ	গছ	g	agate
ɡʱ	ঘ	ঘৰ	gh	loghouse
ɦ	হ ঃ	হয়, মূলতঃ	h	head
j	য় (্য)	য়েমেন	y	young
k	ক	কল	k	scan
kʰ	খ ক্ষ	আখৰ, ক্ষেত্ৰ	kh	can
l	ল	কলম	l	leaf
m	ম	মৰম	m	much
n	ন ণ ঞ্	নাম, কাৰণ, আঞ্জা	n	not
ŋ	ঙ ং	নাঙল, বিপাং	ng	bring
p	প	পখিলা	p	span
pʰ	ফ	ফল	ph	pan
ɹ	ৰ ড়	ৰবৰ, গাড়ী	r	real
ɹʱ	ঢ়	পঢ়া	rh	American warhead
s	চ ছ শ্ ষ্ স্	চহৰ, ছাগলী, শ্ৰী, বিষ্ণু, স্বাধীন	s	sue
sʰ	ছ	ছুমুৰ	sh	miss head
t	ত ট ৎ	তলা, টকা, উৎসৱ	t	stub
tʰ	থ ঠ	থলুৱা, কঁঠাল	th	tub
w	ৱ	ৱাশ্বিংটন	w	wave
x	স শ ষ	অসম, শান্তি, ষাঁড়	x	Scottish loch
z	জ য ঝ	জিকিৰ, যেতিয়া, ঝাড়ু	z	zero
zʱ	ঝ	ঝুমুৰ	zh	fuzz head

Vowels
IPA	Assamese	Examples	WRA	English Approximation
a	আ, পা	আম, পাৰ	a	father
e	এ’, (এ,) পে’	মে’, (এই)	e	hey
ɛ	এ, পে	এখন, আপেল	ê	bet
i	ই/ঈ, (য়ি/য়ী,) পি/পী	ইটা, ঈদ, (দায়ী,) বিশাল, ছোৱালী	i	free
ɪ	_ই/ঈ	আই, মই	i	stick
o	অ’, প’	অ’জ’ন, ক’ত	o	story
ɔ	অ, (ৱ,) প	অসম, (ডাৱৰ,) ভাৰত	ô	off
u	উ/ঊ, (ৱু/ৱূ,) পু/পূ	উচিত, ঊহ, পদুম, মূৰ	u	too
ʊ	ও, (_উ/ঊ,) পো	ওপৰ, (লাউ,) মোক	û	look
Diphthongs
oɪ	ঐ, (ৱৈ,) পৈ	ঐৰাৱত, (কাৱৈ,) হৈছে	ôi	soil
oʊ	ঔ, পৌ	ঔষধ, মৌ	ôu	low

Suprasegmentals
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ˈ	primary stress (placed before stressed syllable)

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