Ahom script

Infobox Writing system
name=Ahom script
type=Abugida
languages=Ahom language
fam1=Proto-Canaanite alphabet(disputed)
fam2=Phoenician alphabet(disputed)
fam3=Aramaic alphabet(disputed)
fam4=Brāhmī
time= 13th century–19th century

The Ahom script is an abugida that was used to write the Ahom language, an extinct Tai language spoken by the Ahom people who ruled the Brahmaputra valley in the Indian state of Assam between the 13th and the 18th centuries.

The Ahom script was probably derived from the Brahmi script, the root of almost all the Indic and Southeast Asian abugidas.

Like most abugidas, each letter has an inherent vowel of /a/. Other vowels are indicated by using diacritics, which can appear above, below, to the left, or to the right of the consonant.

See also

* List of writing systems

External links

* Entry on [http://www.omniglot.com/writing/ahom.htm Ahom] at [http://www.omniglot.com/writing/ Omniglot.com -- A guide to writing systems]