Bisu | |
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Native to | Thailand, China |
Ethnicity | 700 in Thailand (2007)[1] |
Native speakers | 240 in China (2005)[1] |
Thai script, Latin script | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | bzi |
Glottolog | bisu1244 |
ELP | Bisu |
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.
The Laomian are classified within the Lahu ethnic group; the Lahu proper call them the "Lawmeh".[2]