Editing Ahom script (section)

== Letters ==
Like most abugidas, each letter has an inherent vowel of /a/.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12309r-n4321r.pdf | title=N4321R: Revised Proposal to add the Ahom Script in the SMP of the UCS | first1=Martin | last1=Hosken | first2=Stephen | last2=Morey | publisher=ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2 | date=2012-10-23 }}</ref> Other vowels are indicated by using [[diacritic]]s, which can appear above, below, to the left, or to the right of the consonant. The script does not, however, indicate tones used in the language.<ref name="Stars" /> The Ahom script is further complicated as it contains inconsistencies; a consonant may be written once in a word, but pronounced twice, common words may be shortened, and consecutive words with the same initial consonant may be contracted.<ref name="Stars" />
===Consonants===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Ahom consonants
|-
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch=𑜀|ipa=/ka/|iso=ka}}
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch=𑜁|ipa=/kʰa/|iso=kha}}
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch1=𑜕|ch2=𑜖|note={{noteTag|name=variantg|group=consonants|Font variants.}}|ipa=/ɡa/|iso=ga}}
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch=𑜗|ipa=/ɡʱa/|iso=gha}}
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch=𑜂|ipa=/ŋa/|iso=nga}}
|-
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch=𑝀|ipa=/ca/|iso=ca}}
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch=𑜋|ipa=/cʰa/|iso=cha}}
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch=𑜊|ipa=/ɟa/|iso=ja}}
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch=𑜙|ipa=/ɟʱa/|iso=jha}}
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch=𑜐|ipa=/ɲa/|iso=nya}}
|-
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch=𑝁|ipa=/ʈa/|iso=ṭa}}
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch=𑝂|ipa=/ʈʰa/|iso=ṭha}}
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch=𑝃|ipa=/ɖa/|iso=ḍa}}
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch=𑝄|ipa=/ɖʱa/|iso=ḍha}}
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch=𑝅|ipa=/ɳa/|iso=ṇa}}
|-
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch1=𑜄|ch2=𑜅|note={{noteTag|name=variantt|group=consonants|The second version of this letter is ''ta'' and ''ja'' conjoined, with ''ta'' shortened.}}|ipa=/ta/|iso=ta}}
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch=𑜌|ipa=/tʰa/|iso=tha}}
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch=𑜓|ipa=/da/|iso=da}}
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch=𑜔|ipa=/dʱa/|iso=dha}}
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch=𑜃|ipa=/na/|iso=na}}
|-
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch=𑜆|ipa=/pa/|iso=pa}}
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch=𑜇|ipa=/pʰa/|iso=pha}}
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch1=𑜈|ch2=𑜚|note={{noteTag|name=variantb|group=consonants|A font variant of Ba. The second version is used as ''va'' in Sajjhaya spelling.}}|ipa=/ba/|iso=ba}}
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch=𑜘|ipa=/bʱa/|iso=bha}}
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch=𑜉|ipa=/ma/|iso=ma}}
|-
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch=𑜍|ipa=/ra/|iso=ra}}
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch=𑜎|ipa=/la/|iso=la}}
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch=𑝆|ipa=/ɭa/|iso=ḷa}}
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch=𑜏|ipa=/sa/|iso=sa}}
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch=𑜑|ipa=/ha/|iso=ha}}
|-
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| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch=𑜒|iso=a|note={{noteTag|name=a|group=consonants|This letter is not an independent vowel, but acts as a null consonant that can be combined with a vowel diacritic to write initial vowels.}}}}
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|}
{{noteFoot|group=consonants}}

The following medial consonant diacritics are used to form [[consonant cluster]]s with /l/ and /r/, such as /kl/ and /kr/.

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Medial consonants
|-
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch=◌𑜝|ipa=/l/|iso=Medial la}}
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch=◌𑜞|ipa=/r/|iso=Medial ra}}
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch=◌𑜟|ipa=/r/|note=Medial ligating ra}}
|}

===Vowels===
The following vowel diacritics are added to an initial consonant:

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Vowel diacritics
|-
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch=𑜠|ipa=/a/|iso=a}}
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch=𑜡|ipa=/a:/|iso=aa}}
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch=◌𑜢|ipa=/i/|iso=i}}
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch=◌𑜣|ipa=/i:/|iso=ii}}
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch=◌𑜤|ipa=/u/|iso=u}}
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch=◌𑜥|ipa=/u:/|iso=uu}}
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch=𑜦|ipa=/e/|iso=e}}
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch=◌𑜩|ipa=/ai/|iso=ai}}
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch=◌𑜨|ipa=/o/|iso=o}}
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch=◌𑜧|ipa=/aw/|iso=aw}}
| {{Letter|s=Ahom|ch=◌𑜪|ipa=/am/|iso=am}}
|}

To write a consonant without a vowel, the [[virama]] {{Angbr|{{Script|Ahom|◌𑜫}}}} is used.<ref name="Unicode">{{cite journal |last1=Morey |first1=Stephen |last2=Hosken |first2=Martin |date=2012 |title=Revised Proposal to add the Ahom Script in the SMP of the UCS |url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12309r-n4321r.pdf |journal=[[Unicode]] }}</ref>