Alternate Names: Tai Ahom
Genealogy:
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).