Ahom script
Abugida used to write the Ahom language / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.[4] The old Ahom language today survives in the numerous manuscripts written in this script currently in institutional and private possession.
Quick Facts Ahom script 𑜒𑜑𑜪𑜨, Script type ...
Ahom script 𑜒𑜑𑜪𑜨 | |
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Script type | |
Time period | 13th century–19th century |
Direction | Left-to-right |
Languages | Ahom language, Assamese language (rarely)[1] |
Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Proto-Sinaitic alphabet[a]
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Sister systems | Tai Le, Khamti |
ISO 15924 | |
ISO 15924 | Ahom (338), Ahom, Tai Ahom |
Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Ahom |
U+11700–U+1173F | |
[a] The Semitic origin of the Brahmic scripts is not universally agreed upon. |
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