XOBDO Phonetics Romanization Scheme (2007)
‘XOBDO Team’ has adopted a Phonetic Romanization Scheme to represent Assamese pronunciations in simple roman scripts.This scheme has nothing to do with how words are written in Assamese; it rather attempts to represent the colloquial Assamese pronunciation of the words in simple roman scripts. The purpose is to assist those who do not know the Assamese scripts and in future to create a computer system that can combine individual syllables (previously recorded or computer generated) to produce the complete word.
By 'syllable', we meant the sounds you can pronounce at one go WITHOUT altering
the position of your lips, tongue or breath. These can not be further divided into more discrete sounds. They must also have enough vowels and consonants so that they can be pronounced independently.
‘XOBDO Team’ has not formally adopted any romanization scheme for the other languages. However, there is a plan to do so in near future. Find some examples here.
| Assamese Script | Roman Script | Example / Comments | Sound |
|---|---|---|---|
| অ | o |  | |
| আ/া | a | | |
| ই/ঈ/ি/ী | i | | |
| উ/ঊ/ু/ূ | u | | |
| ঋ/ৃ | ri | | |
| অ’ | o’’ | হ’ল=ho’’l, ল’ৰা=lo’’.ra (` or ’ is the one above the ~ symbol on left side of the keyboard. NOT the single quotation sign.) | |
| এ/ে | e | | |
| ও/ো | o’ | ` or ’ is the one above the ~ symbol on left side of the keyboard. NOT the single quotation sign. | |
| ঐ/ৈ | oi | | |
| ঔ/ৌ | ou | | |
| ঁ | ~ | can occur only with a vowel. It is a diacritic to indicate nasalization in a vowel. In the following example it isused with the sound অ which is written as অঁ | |
| ঃ | h | ঃ occurs only in syllable final positions preceded by a vowel. Hence in this example it is preceded by the vowel আ resulting in the written form আঃ | |
| ক | k | | |
| খ | kh | | |
| গ | g | | |
| ঘ | gh | | |
| ঙ/ং | ng | | |
| চ/ছ/স্ব/শ্ব | s | | |
| জ/য | j | | |
| ঝ | jh | | |
| ঞ | y~ | | |
| ত/ট | t | | |
| থ/ঠ | th | | |
| দ/ড | d | | |
| ধ/ঢ | dh | | |
| ন/ণ | n | | |
| প | p | | |
| ফ | ph | | |
| ব | b | | |
| ভ | bh | | |
| ম | m | | |
| য় | y | | |
| ৰ/ড় | r | | |
| ল | l | | |
| ৱ | w | | |
| হ | h | | |
| শ/স/ষ | x | | |
| ক্ষ | khy | | |
| ঢ় | rh | ঢ় is produced in the word বাঢ় in this example | |