Ahom
An extinct language of India
| Population | Extinct. |
| Region | Assam. |
| Alternate names | Tai Ahom |
| Classification | Tai-Kadai, Kam-Tai, Be-Tai, Tai-Sek, Tai, Southwestern, Northwest |
| Language use | Not spoken in daily life; used in religious chants and literary materials. |
| Writing system | Ahom script. |
| Comments | Former language of the Tai-Ahom King. Possibly 8,000,000 Assamese [asm] speakers claim to be of Ahom descent (1990 A. Diller). |
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