No known L1 speakers.
Assam.
9 (Second language only).
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).
Former language of the Tai-Ahom king. Possibly 8,000,000 Assamese [asm] speakers claim to be of Ahom descent (1990 A. Diller).
Former language of the Tai-Ahom king. Possibly 8,000,000 Assamese [asm] speakers claim to be of Ahom descent (1990 A. Diller).