The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: AHO
ISO 639-2: tai
| Region | Assam. |
| Alternate names | TAI AHOM |
| Classification | Tai-Kadai, Kam-Tai, Be-Tai, Tai-Sek, Tai, Southwestern, East Central, Northwest. |
| Comments | No longer spoken in daily life, but used in religious chants and literary materials. Former language of the Tai-Ahom King. Possibly 8,000,000 Assamese speakers claim to be of Ahom descent (A. Diller 1990). Extinct. |
