Microsoft Word Has An Assamese Clone
“If one types the alphabets K and M, words like Kamal and Kamtapur would be listed. All one has to do is click on the word, which is required from the list. This makes it easy for people who do not have an indepth knowledge of the language,” Mr. Sharmah said.
As for the vowel symbols, which represent the long E, short E and the like, known as the swara sinha in Assamese, one has to type a double I for the vowel symbol representing a long E to appear and the alphabet O in capital for a long oo sound as in the word pool.
A list of what each letter of the English alphabet on a QWERTY keyboard corresponds to in Assamese has been given at the beginning to aid the writer.
“In our group, which ranges from people aged between 25 and 42 years, we have a doctor, a teacher, a businessman, an engineer, an administrator, a student and others who worked in their free time with us,” he said.
The software will be updated frequently with more and more words being incorporated.
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