Bit

BGK

threatened

Alternate Names: Buxinhua, Khabit, Khbit, Pasing, Phsin, Phsing

Dialects: None known. Not Khmuic, but Palaungic (1990 J. Svantesson). Related to Khao , in Viet Nam.

Genealogy:

Austro-Asiatic
Mon-Khmer
Northern Mon-Khmer
Khmuic
Khao

Demographics: 1,960 in Laos (2005 census). Population total all countries: 2,160.

Typology: SVO; complex morphology (prefixing); attributives follow noun heads; adverbials precede verb heads; simple syllable structure; nontonal.

Nation of Origin: Laos

Other Comments: Traditional religion.