Also Known As:
布興話, Kha Bit, Khabit, Khbit, Pasing, Phsing, Phsin, 布興語
Dialects & Varieties
East and Southeast Asia
Bradley, David. 2007. "East and Southeast Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 349-424. London & New York: Routledge.
Severely Endangered
40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<1,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 4
Less than half of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing at an accelerated pace.
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Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Children:
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Young adults
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
2,232
Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
Laos and China
Location Description
Laos: one small area in northeastern Luang Namtha Province and one in south central Phongsaly Province; also an even smaller cluster in southeastern Mengla County of Yunnan in China.
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
None
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
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Recent Resources
This paper briefly summarizes the basic phonetics and vocabulary of Bit language.