Romanisation of Assamese

Romanisation of Assamese is the representation of the Assamese language in the Latin script. Various ways of romanisation systems of Assamese are used.

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The IPA transcription is provided in the rightmost column, representing the most common pronunciation of the glyph in Assamese, with the various romanisations described above.

Vowels and miscellaneous
Symbol	WRA	SRA	CCRA	SRA2	IAST	IPA
অ	ô	o	o	o	a	[ɔ]
অ’	o	ó	o	o’	a’	[o]
আ	a	a	a	a	ā	[a]
ই	i	i	i	i	i	[i]
ঈ	i	i	i	i	ī	[i]
_ই, _ঈ		_i	_i	_i	_i, _ī	[ɪ]
_য়ি, _য়ী		_î	_yi	_i‘	_yi, _yī	[i]
উ	u	u	u	u	u	[u]
ঊ	u	u	u	u	ū	[u]
_উ, _ঊ	_u	_u	_u	_u	_u, _ū	[ʊ]
_ৱু, _ৱূ		_û	_wu	_u	_vu, _vū	[u]
ঋ	ri	ri	ri	ri	r̥	[ɹi] / [i]
এ	ê	e	e	e	e	[ɛ]
_য়	_y	_e	_y	_e	_y	[e]
_য়ে	_ye	_ê	_ye	_e’’	_ye	[ɛ]
এ’	e	é	e	e’	e’	[e]
ঐ	ôi	oi	oi	oi	ai	[ɔɪ]
ও	û	ü	u	u’	o	[ʊ]
ঔ	ôu	ou	ou	ou	au	[ɔʊ]
ঃ	ḥ~–	h~–	h~–	h~–	ḥ	[h]~–
ং	ng	ng / ŋ	ng	ng/n’	ṃ	[ŋ]
ঁ	◌̃	–	–	–	̃	[̃]/–
্য	y~–	y~–	y~–	y~–	y	varies
্ব	–	–	–	–	b / v	varies
ক্ষ	khy , kh	khy , kh	khy , kh	khy , kh	kṣ / khy	[kʰ~kkʰ~kʰi]
জ্ঞ	gy, gg	gy, gg	gy, gg	gy, gg	jñ	[ɡg~gi]
শ্র	sr	sr	sr	sr	śr	[sɹ]/[s]

Consonants
Symbol	WRA	SRA	CCRA	SRA2	IAST	IPA
ক	k	k	k	k	k	[k]
খ	kh	kh	kh	kh	kh	[kʰ]/[x]
গ	g	g	g	g	ɡ	[ɡ]
ঘ	gh	gh	gh	gh	ɡh	[ɡʱ]
ঙ	ng	ng / ŋ	ng	ng / n’	ṅ	[ŋ]
চ	s	s	s	s	c	[s]
ছ	s	s	s	s	ch	[s]
জ	z	z / j	j	z / j	j	[z]
ঝ	zh	zh / jh	jh	zh / jh	jh	[zʱ]/[z]
ঞ	ñ, –	n, –	n, –	n, –	ñ	[n], –
ট	t	t	t	t	ṭ	[t]
ঠ	th	th	th	th	ṭh	[tʰ]
ড	d	d	d	d	ḍ	[d]
ড়	r	r	r	r	ṛ	[ɹ]
ঢ	dh	dh	dh	dh	ḍh	[dʱ]
ঢ়	rh	rh~r~h	rh~r~h	rh~r~h	ṛh	[ʴɦ~ɹ~ɦ]
ণ	n	n	n	n	ṇ	[n]
ত	t	t	t	t	t	[t]
থ	th	th	th	th	th	[t]
দ	d	d	d	d	d	[d]
ধ	dh	dh	dh	dh	dh	[dʱ]
ন	n	n	n	n	n	[n]
প	p	p	p	p	p	[p]
ফ	ph	f / ph	f	f / ph	ph	[ɸ~pʰ~f]
ব	b	b	b	b	b	[b]
ভ	bh	v / bh	v	v / bh	bh	[bʱ]
ম	m	m	m	m	m	[m]
য	z	z / j	j	z / j	y	[z]
য়	y	y	y	y	ẏ / y	[e]/–
ৰ	r	r	r	r	r	[ɹ]
ল	l	l	l	l	l	[l]
ৱ	w~–	w~–	w~b~–	w~–	v	[w~b~β]~–
শ	x~s	x~s	x~s	x~s	ś	[x~s]
ষ	x~s	x~s	x~s	x~s	ṣ	[x~s]
স	x~s	x~s	x~s	x~s	s	[x~s]
হ	h	h	h	h	h	[ɦ]

Examples

The following table includes examples of Assamese words romanised by using the various systems mentioned above.

Example words
In orthography	Meaning	WRA	SRA	CCRA	SRA2	IAST	IPA
মন	mind	môn	mon	mon	mon	man	[mɔn]
আই দায়ী	mother is responsible	ai dayi	ai daii	ai dayi	ai daii	āi dāẏī	[aɪ da]
সাপ	snake	xap	xap	xap	xap	sāpa	[xap]
সময়, সময়ে, সময়েই	time, time, only time	xômôy, xômôye, xômôyei	xomoe, xomoee, xomoei	xomoy, xomoye, xomoyei	xomoe, xomoee, xomoei	samaẏa, samaẏe, sanaẏei	[xɔmɔe xɔmɔɛ xɔmɔeɪ]
স্পৰ্শ	touch	spôrxô	sporxo	sporxo	sporxo	sparśa	/ispɔɹxɔ/
বিশ্বাস	believe	bissax	bissax	bissax	bissax	biśvāsa	[bisːax]
অসমীয়া	Assamese	ôxômia	oxomia	oxomia (axomiya)	oxomia	asamīyā	[ɔxɔmia]
তেল	oil	têl	tel	tel	tel	tela	[tɛl]
গ’ল	went	gol	gól	gol	go’l	ɡa’la	[ɡol]
মে’	May	me	mé	me (may)	me’	me’	[me]
গছ এজোপা	a (small) tree	gôs êzûpa	gos ezüpa	gos ejupa	gos ezu’pa	ɡacha ejopā	/ɡɔs ɛzʊpa/
জ্বৰ	fever	zôr	zor	jor	zor	jvara	[zɔɹ]
স্বাস্থ্য	health	saisthô	saistho	saistho	saistho	svāsthya	[saɪstʰɔ]
সংখ্যা	number	xôingkha	xoingkha / xoiŋkha	xoingkhya	xoingkha/xoin’kha	saṁkhyā	[xɔɪŋkʰa]
ব্যঞ্জনবৰ্ণ	consonant	byônzônbôrnô	byonzonborno	byonjonborno	byonzonborno	byañjanabarṇa	/beɔnzɔnbɔɹnɔ/
ৰাজ্য	state	raizzô	raizzo	raijyo	raizzo	rājya	[ɹaɪdʑɔ]
আত্মহত্যা	suicide	atmôhôitta	atmohoitta	atmohoitya	atmohoitta	ātmahatyā	[atmɔɦɔɪtta]

Sample text

The following is a sample text in Assamese of the Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:

Assamese in Assamese alphabet

দফা ১: সকলো মানুহে স্বাধীনভাৱে সমান ঠাকুৰালি আৰু অধিকাৰে জন্ম লয় । সকলোৰে বিবেক আৰু জ্ঞান-বুদ্ধি আছে আৰু সকলোৱে এজনে আনজনক ভাই-ভাই হিচাপে ব্যৱহাৰ দিব লাগে ।

Assamese in WRA Romanisation

Dopha êk: Xôkôlû manuhê sadhinbhawê xôman thakurali aru ôdhikarê zônmô lôy. Xôkôlûrê bibêk aru ɡyan-buddhi asê aru xôkôlûê êzônê anzônôk bhai-bhai hisapê byôwôhar dibô lagê.

Assamese in SRA Romanisation

Dofa ek: Xokolü manuhe sadhinvawe xoman thakurali aru odhikare zonmo loy. Xokolüre bibek aru ɡyan-buddhi ase aru xokolüe ezone anzonok vai-vai hisape byowohar dibo lage.

Assamese in SRA Romanisation

Dofa ek: Xokolu’ manuhe sadhinvawe xoman thakurali aru odhikare zonmo loy. Xokolu’re bibek aru ɡyan-buddhi ase aru xokolu’e ezone anzonok vai-vai hisape byowohar dibo lage.

Assamese in CCRA Romanisation

Dofa ek: Xokolu manuhe sadhinvawe xoman thakurali aru odhikare jonmo loy. Xokolure bibek aru ɡyan-buddhi ase aru xokolue ejone anjonok vai-vai hisape byowohar dibo lage.

Assamese in IAST Romanisation

Daphā ek: Sakalo mānuhe svādhīnabhāve samāna ṭhākurāli āru adhikāre janma laẏ. Sakalore bibeka āru jñāna-buddhi āche āru sakalove ejane ānajanaka bhāi-bhāi hicāpe byavahāra diba lāge.

Assamese in the International Phonetic Alphabet

/dɔɸa ɛk | xɔkɔlʊ manuɦɛ sadʱinbʱaβɛ xɔman tʰakuɹali aɹu ɔdʱikaɹɛ zɔnmɔ lɔe̯ || xɔkɔlʊɹɛ bibɛk aɹu ɡɪan-buddʱi asɛ aɹu xɔkɔlʊɛ ɛzɔnɛ anzɔnɔ bʱaɪ-bʱaɪ ɦisapɛ bɛβɔɦaɹ dibɔ lagɛ/

Translation

Article 1: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience. Therefore, they should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

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Examples

Sample text

See also