Bit
Bit is an Austroasiatic language spoken in China and Laos. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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Bit (Khabit, Bid, Psing, Buxing) is an Austroasiatic language spoken by around 2,000 people in Phongsaly Province, northern Laos and in Mengla County, Yunnan, China.
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Words in Bit
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | puSiN* | |
| name | su* | |
| eye | p3NNai* | |
| ear | tor* | |
| nose | moih* | |
| tooth | sroN* | |
| tongue | suNtak* | |
| hand | ti* | |
| blood | sinom* | |
| bone | ZoN* | |
| skin | t3n3N* | |
| knee | klakhil* | |
| breast | 7ok* | |
| liver | t3lom* | |
| water | 7om* | |
| fire | CiN7al* | |
| sun | CiNNE* | |
| star | suNmeN* | |
| stone | loN* | |
| mountain | punaN* | |
| tree | ci7oN* | |
| leaf | lulna* | |
| night | siNom* | |
| dog | Ca7* | |
| fish | muo* | |
| louse | Ce* | |
| one | n3N* | |
| two | soN* | |
| I | Zo* | |
| you | mi* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- KhángAustroasiatic27% alike
- Shwe PalaungAustroasiatic26% alike
- Riang (Myanmar)Austroasiatic25% alike
- KsingmulAustroasiatic21% alike
- KhmuAustroasiatic21% alike
- South WaAustroasiatic21% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · bitt1240 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · bgk