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    Assamese: Anusvāra Bisarga Candrabindu (Anunāsika) Abagraha

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    This document provides an overview of the Assamese alphabet including vowels, diphthongs, consonants, and diacritical marks. It lists each letter of the Assamese script, its transliteration in the Latin alphabet, and its phonetic value. Notes are included to explain: 1) the vowel forms used at the beginning of syllables versus following consonants, 2) the implicit vowel 'a' after consonants in transliteration, 3) the transliteration of candrabindu before different consonant types as either n̐ or m̐, and 4) the transliteration of doubled abagraha as two apostrophes.

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    This document provides an overview of the Assamese alphabet including vowels, diphthongs, consonants, and diacritical marks. It lists each letter of the Assamese script, its transliteration in the Latin alphabet, and its phonetic value. Notes are included to explain: 1) the vowel forms used at the beginning of syllables versus following consonants, 2) the implicit vowel 'a' after consonants in transliteration, 3) the transliteration of candrabindu before different consonant types as either n̐ or m̐, and 4) the transliteration of doubled abagraha as two apostrophes.

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    This document provides an overview of the Assamese alphabet including vowels, diphthongs, consonants, and diacritical marks. It lists each letter of the Assamese script, its transliteration in the Latin alphabet, and its phonetic value. Notes are included to explain: 1) the vowel forms used at the beginning of syllables versus following consonants, 2) the implicit vowel 'a' after consonants in transliteration, 3) the transliteration of candrabindu before different consonant types as either n̐ or m̐, and 4) the transliteration of doubled abagraha as two apostrophes.

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    Assamese

    Vowels and Diphthongs (see Note 1)

    ai

    au

    Consonants (see Note 2)


    Gutturals

    Palatals

    ka

    Cerebrals

    ca

    kha

    ga

    ta

    cha

    ha

    ja

    tha

    gha

    jha

    da

    ha

    dha

    ha

    na

    Labials

    Semivowels

    Sibilants

    pa

    ya

    pha

    sha

    ba

    ra

    sa

    bha

    la

    ma

    Anusvra

    Dentals

    ha

    wa
    Bisarga

    Aspirate

    Candrabindu (anunsika)
    (see Note 3)

    n, m

    Abagraha (see Note 4)

    (apostrophe)

    Notes
    1. Only the vowel forms that appear at the beginning of a syllable are listed; the forms used for
    vowels following a consonant can be found in grammars; no distinction between the two is
    made in transliteration.

    2. The vowel a is implicit after all consonants and consonant clusters and is supplied in
    transliteration, with the following exceptions:
    a) when another vowel is indicated by its appropriate sign; and
    b) when the absence of any vowel is indicated by the subscript symbol ( ) called hasanta
    or birma.
    3. Candrabindu before guttural, palatal, cerebral, and dental occlusives is transliterated n.
    Before labials, sibilants, semivowels, the aspirate, vowels, and in final position it is
    transliterated m.
    4. When doubled, abagraha is transliterated by two apostrophes ( ).

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