Tai Aiton people
They have been recognized as Scheduled Tribes (Hills) and are listed as Man-Tai speaking people by the Government of Assam.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.They are Hinayana Buddhists and their language is close to that of North Eastern Thailand.Presently they live in small pockets in Upper Assam along with the Turung and Khamyang people.
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