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Tai Aiton
Regions with significant populations
India
<8,000
Languages
Aiton, Assamese
Religion
Theravada Buddhism
Related ethnic groups
Other Tai peoples
(Thai people, Lao people, Shan people, Dai people, Tai Nua)
The Tai Aiton are one among the six indigenous Tai communities of Assam.[1] They are Animist and Buddhist by religion.[2] They speak the Tai Aiton language,[3] which is similar to other Tai languages spoken in Thailand.
They have been recognized as Scheduled Tribes (Hills) and are listed as Man-Tai speaking people by the Government of Assam.
Their population is unknown but is expected to be less than 8,000.
The other indigenous Assamese communities commonly term them as Shyams or the people from Siam i.e. Thailand. The names of their villages are directly translatable into modern Thai, as both sounds and meaning correspond.
Man Tai Speaking people are not Ahom people as many may confuse them to be.
^Kakoty, Deepmoni (2020-07-31). "Tai Aiton (Assam, India) – Language Snapshot". Language Documentation and Description. 17: 76. doi:10.25894/ldd98.
^"Aiton in India".
^Mukherjee, Anushka (8 June 2021). "This Historical Language Spoken in Assam's Remote Pockets May Vanish Soon". Homegrown. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
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