Assamese grammar/Assamese Alphabet- অসমীয়া বৰ্ণমালা

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The Assamese script is an abugid a.

Each consonant has an inherent vowel in it. Thus ক is not k but ko. খ is not k but kho.

Assamese bornomala or alphabet consists of Sworo-bornomala (vowels) and Byonjon-bornomala (consonants).

The Sworo-bornomala[edit | edit source]

Assamese has 11 letters for its eight vowel sounds.

অ আ ই ঈ

উ ঊ ঋ

এ ঐ ও ঔ

Respectively,