Ahom

AHO

second language only

Alternate Names: Tai Ahom

Genealogy:

Tai-Kadai
Kam-Tai
Tai
Southwestern

Demographics: No known L1 speakers.

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).

Writing System: Ahom

Nation of Origin: India

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