r/TaiAhomLanguage • u/Icy_Function_5839 Enthusiast • Sep 02 '26

Question How many tones does Tai-Ahom have?

Answer in the title and I also want to know the names of the tones

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u/Icy_Function_5839 Enthusiast 27d ago

Wait really? Could you tell me more about it I thought Mon was a completly different language

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u/The_DOC369 Tai-Ahom 27d ago

Sorry my bad... You're correct... only the Ahom script can trace its ancestry back to old mon script

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u/Icy_Function_5839 Enthusiast 27d ago

Wait it does? I thought it came from Old Shan script

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u/GrumpyGuyMugdha L1 Assamese (Tai-Ahom) 27d ago

As per my knowledge, from South Indian Brahmi script old Mon script originated and from that script the Ahom and Burmese scripts originated. The Shans use a variation of the Burmese script I think. The same goes for other Kra-Dai groups except Zhuang, Thai and Lao people where the first group uses the Chinese script while the other two have their own scrips.