Ahom script

E657085

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 (3)

Label Occurrences
Ahom script canonical 3
Ahom Unicode block 1
Tai-Ahom script 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf abugida ⓘ
associatedEthnicity Ahom ⓘ
linked to: Tai-Ahom people
associatedLanguage Tai Ahom language ⓘ
belongsTo Tai script family ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalContext Ahom kingdom administration ⓘ
linked to: Ahom kingdom

Ahom religious practices ⓘ
derivedFrom Brahmi script ⓘ
geographicContext Upper Brahmaputra valley ⓘ
linked to: Brahmaputra Valley
hasCharacterCategory digits ⓘ
letters ⓘ
marks ⓘ
punctuation ⓘ
hasConsonantLetters true ⓘ
hasDigitalEncoding Unicode standard ⓘ
linked to: Unicode Standard
hasIndependentVowelLetters true ⓘ
hasISO15924Code Ahom ⓘ
hasUnicodeBlock Ahom ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Tai Tham script ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: Tai-Ahom people
usedFor Buranji chronicles ⓘ
ritual manuscripts ⓘ
writing Tai Ahom language ⓘ
usedIn Assam ⓘ
India ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystemOf Ahom kingdom ⓘ
writingSystemStatus not used for everyday writing ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ahom kingdom → writingSystem → Ahom script ⓘ
Ahom language → script → Ahom script ⓘ
Ahom language → hasScriptUnicodeBlock → Ahom Unicode block ⓘ
linked to: Ahom script
Ahom chronicles (Buranjis) → scriptUsed → Tai-Ahom script ⓘ
linked to: Ahom script