চ / ছ

Letters That Sound Like S

FoundationsSounds Like ca / cha

চাহ “tea” and ছোৱালী “girl” both begin with the s sound.

How It Works

These two letters are a pair. Both sound like s, and the spelling of each word tells you which one to write.

LetterSoundExamples
চsচাহ “tea”, চাৰি “four”
ছsছোৱালী “girl”, মাছ “fish”

Assamese spells many English words that have an s with চ or ছ, such as বাছ “bus” and অফিচ “office”.

The letters স, শ and ষ are a different group. They sound like x.

If you know Hindi or Bengali, you may want to say ch for these letters. In Assamese, say s.

Examples (5)

  1. চাহ

    Tea.

    চ at the start of a word sounds like s.

  2. ছোৱালী

    Girl.

    ছ at the start of a word sounds like s too.

  3. মাছ

    Fish.

    ছ also ends words.

  4. চেনি

    Sugar.

    চ begins the word again.

  5. ছাতি

    Umbrella.

    ছ begins the word and ি closes it.

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চ / ছFoundationsLetters That Sound Like S

Learn This First

চ and ছ are consonants of the script, so the script comes first.