Language
Today’s Ahoms speak Assamese after the traditional Ahom language was completely abandoned. The Ahom language, a member of the Tai branch of the Kra-Dai language, is now dead, and its tonal system has completely disappeared. However, some large ahong groups are revived there.
From the end of the 20th century to the beginning of the 21st century, the Ahoms have seen a resurgence of interest in their culture and language, leading to more research and renewal efforts. The 1901 Indian census listed about 179,000 people who identified themselves as Ahom The latest census records just over 2 million Ahom people, but the total number of descendants of early Tai-Ahom settlers is estimated at 8 million. The Ahom script also has a place in the Unicode Consortium, and the script was declared a leader in the Southeast Asian category.
Ahom Kingdom
The Ahom or Tai-Ahom, are an ethnic group from the Indian states of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. Members of this group are mixed descendants of the Tai people who arrived in Brahmaputra’s Assam Valley in 1228, and local indigenous peoples have joined them throughout history. Sukaphaa, leader of the Tai group, and his 9,000 followers founded the kingdom of Ahom (1228–1826 AD), which controlled much of the Brahmaputra valley in modern Assam until 1826.