Tags: Language.
Bit is an Austroasiatic language spoken by around 1500 people in northern Laos concentrated in the provinces of Louang Namtha and Phongsali. There are thought to be about another 500 speakers over the border in Yunnan Province China. It has been classified as Khmuic Palaungic and as Mangic.In China the Buxing people (布兴 布幸 or 布醒; IPA: [puʃiŋ]) are also called Kami 佧米人 or Kabi 佧比人 (IPA: [khabit]).