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|altname={{script|Ahom|𑜒𑜑𑜪𑜨}} | |altname={{script|Ahom|𑜒𑜑𑜪𑜨}} | ||
|type=[[Abugida]] | |type=[[Abugida]] | ||
|sample=Ahom script | |sample=Shukla Ahom.svg | ||
|caption='Ahom' in Ahom script | |||
|imagesize=150px | |||
|languages=[[Ahom language]], [[Assamese language]] (rarely)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sealang.net/ahom/|title=SEAlang Library Ahom Lexicography|website=sealang.net}}</ref> | |languages=[[Ahom language]], [[Assamese language]] (rarely)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sealang.net/ahom/|title=SEAlang Library Ahom Lexicography|website=sealang.net}}</ref> | ||
|fam1=[[Proto-Sinaitic alphabet]]<sup>[a]</sup> | |fam1=[[Proto-Sinaitic alphabet]]<sup>[a]</sup> | ||
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{{Contains special characters|Uncommon Unicode}} | {{Contains special characters|Uncommon Unicode}} | ||
{{brahmic}} | {{brahmic}} | ||
The '''Ahom script''' or '''Tai Ahom Script''', is an [[abugida]] that is used to write the [[Ahom language]], a | The '''Ahom script''' or '''Tai Ahom Script''', is an [[abugida]] that is used to write the [[Ahom language]], a dormant [[Tai language]] undergoing revival spoken by the [[Ahom people]] till the late 18th-century, who established the [[Ahom kingdom]] and ruled the eastern part of the [[Brahmaputra]] valley between the 13th and the 18th centuries.<ref name="Diller">Diller, A. (1993). Tai Languages. In ''International Encyclopedia of Linguistics'' (Vol. 4, pp. 128-131). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.</ref> The old Ahom language today survives in the numerous manuscripts written in this script currently in institutional and private possession. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||