Assamese language in the past. There are also significant Assamese-speaking communities in Australia, Dubai, the United Kingdom, Canada, Nepal and the United States. Assamese is the official language of Assam, and one of the 23 official languages recognised by the Republic of India. The Assam Secretariat functions in Assamese. The Assamese phonemic inventory consists of eight vowels, ten diphthongs, and twenty-three consonants (including two semivowels). Consonant clusters in Assamese include thirty three pure consonant letters in the Assamese alphabet. Each letter represents a single sound with an inherent vowel, the short vowel . The first twenty-five consonants letters are called "sparxa barna"
Romanisation of Assamese 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. 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. The following table includes examples of Assamese words romanised by using the various systems mentioned above. The following is a sample text in Assamese of the Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Assamese in Assamese alphabet Assamese in WRA Romanisation Assamese in SRA Romanisation Assamese in