Tags: Ethnic Group.
Thai peoples redirects here. For the subgroup in Thailand see Thai peopleTai peoples refers to the population of descendants of speakers of a common Proto-Tai language including sub-populations which no longer speak a Tai language. Some 8–10 million people in Northeastern India (not limited to Assam) claim descent from Ahomese but may have intermarried with others and now speak Assamese. Additional tens of thousands in India speak Tai languages (mostly in Arunachal Pradesh).
