Step By Step Instructions for Writing Assamese Using UNICODE.

STEP 1:

Download the Assamese Phonetic Keyboard version 3.2

Check here for the keyboard layout.

STEP2:

Extract the files and save in your hard disk. Double click the AsmPhon3.msi file and follow the installation instructions.

STEP3:

After finishing the installation of the keyboard layout and if you have Windows XP installed with Indic language support, go to the control panel.

STEP 4:

Double click the "Regional and Language Options"

Step 5:

Go to the "Languages" tab.

STEP 6:

Click "Details..." button.

STEP 7:

In the setting tab, under 'Installed Services' click the "Add.." button.

STEP 8:

Select ANY indic language like Assamese, Bengali, Oriya, Hindi, Sanskrit, Gujrati, Marathi etc as Input Language.

STEP 9:

Select "Assamese Phonetic ver 3.00" as "Keyboard layload /IME"

STEP 10:

Close all the open windows by clicking "OK" or "APPLY"

STEP 11:

Select the language you selected in step 8 in your Windows "Language Bar".

Open any application - Notepad, MS-Word, MS-Excel or whatever; select font that has Bengali/Assamese characters in appropriate unicode and start typing Assamese.
Some of such fonts that usually comes with Windows are:

• Arial Unicode MS
• Times New Roman
• Verdana

More Unicode Assamese/Bangla fonts are available at

And it's ready to write Assamese in your machine!!

SOME EXAMPLE:
ক + া= (k + a =) কা
ক + ি= (k + i =) কি
ক + ী= (k + I =) কী
ক + ো= (k + o =) কো
গ + ল + ্+ প = ( g + l + \ + p =)গল্প
ব + ি + জ + ্ + ঞ + া + ন = (b + i + j + [Right Alt]n + a + n) বিজ্ঞান

Check here for the keyboard layout.

You can even name the files in Assamese!!