Bisu language

Bisu (Chinese: 毕苏语) is a Loloish language of Thailand, with a couple thousand speakers in China. Varieties are Bisu proper (Mbisu) and Laomian (Guba), considered by Pelkey to be distinct languages.

Bisu
Native toThailand, China
Ethnicity700 in Thailand (2007)
Native speakers
240 in China (2005)
Sino-Tibetan
  • Tibeto-Burman
    • Lolo–Burmese
      • Loloish
        • Southern
Writing system
Thai script, Latin script
Language codes
ISO 639-3bzi
Glottologbisu1244
ELPBisu

The Laomian are classified within the Lahu ethnic group; the Lahu proper call them the "Lawmeh".

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