Ahom script
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The Ahom script is an abugida historically used to write the Tai Ahom language of the Ahom people in what is now Assam, India.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ahom script canonical | 3 |
| Ahom Unicode block | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | abugida ⓘ |
| associatedEthnicity | Ahom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedLanguage | Tai Ahom language ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Tai script family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Ahom kingdom administration
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ahom religious practices ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Brahmi script ⓘ |
| geographicContext | Upper Brahmaputra valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacterCategory |
digits
ⓘ
letters ⓘ marks ⓘ punctuation ⓘ |
| hasConsonantLetters | true ⓘ |
| hasDigitalEncoding | Unicode standard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIndependentVowelLetters | true ⓘ |
| hasISO15924Code | Ahom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasUnicodeBlock | Ahom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasViramaLikeSign | true ⓘ |
| hasVowelDiacritics | true ⓘ |
| historicalUsage |
administrative documents
ⓘ
chronicles ⓘ religious texts ⓘ |
| influencedBy | other Brahmic-derived Tai scripts ⓘ |
| ISO15924Number | 338 ⓘ |
| region | Northeast India ⓘ |
| relatedScript |
New Tai Lue script
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tai Tham script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revivalEfforts | yes ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | Brahmic scripts ⓘ |
| scriptScope | historical and liturgical ⓘ |
| scriptType | alphasyllabary ⓘ |
| scriptUsageStatus | limited liturgical use ⓘ |
| status | historical script ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 13th century to 18th century ⓘ |
| UnicodeBlockRange | U+11700–U+1173F ⓘ |
| UnicodeVersionIntroduced | Unicode 8.0 ⓘ |
| usedBy | Ahom people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Buranji chronicles
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ritual manuscripts ⓘ writing Tai Ahom language ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Assam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| writingSystemOf | Ahom kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystemStatus | not used for everyday writing ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ahom Unicode block