Ahom

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A language of India

ISO 639-3
aho
Alternate Names
Tai Ahom
User Population

No known L1 speakers. Ethnic population: No ethnic community.

Location

Assam state.

Language Status

9 (Second language only).

Classification
Kra-Dai, Kam-Tai, Tai, Southwestern
Language Use

Not spoken in daily life; used in religious chants and literary materials. Attempts to revive the spoken language are underway, with assistance of scholars from the Aiton [aio] and Phake [phk] communities (2007).

Language Development

Dictionary. Grammar.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Ahom
Writing

Ahom script [Ahom].

Other Comments

Former language of the Tai-Ahom king. Possibly 8,000,000 Assamese [asm] speakers claim to be of Ahom descent (1990 A. Diller).