জ / য

Letters That Sound Like Z

FoundationsSounds Like ja / ya

আজি “today” and যোৱা “to go” both have the z sound, written with জ and য.

How It Works

These two letters are a pair, like চ and ছ.

LetterSoundExamples
জzআজি “today”, জানো “I know”
যzযোৱা “to go”, যাওঁ “I go”

The letter য় has a dot below. It is another letter, and it sounds like y. You see it in the word অসমীয়া.

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

You cannot hear which of the two a word uses, so learn the spelling with each word.

Examples (4)

  1. আজি

    Today.

    জ sounds like z.

  2. যোৱা

    To go, going.

    য sounds like z.

  3. যাওঁ

    I go.

    য begins the word again, and ওঁ ends it.

  4. জানো

    I know.

    জ begins the verb.

How It Connects

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জ / যFoundationsLetters That Sound Like Z

Learn This First

জ and য are consonants of the script, so the script comes first.