Glottolog: khao1243 | ||
Linguistic classification: AustroasiaticPalaungicBit–Khang | ||
The Bit–Khang languages consist of:
The Bit–Khang languages are spoken in southern China, northern Laos, and northwestern Vietnam.
Classification
Paul Sidwell (2014) proposes that these languages constitute a subgroup of Palaungic, since they display lexical innovations within Palaungic such as 'eye', 'fire', 'blood', and 'laugh'.
Sidwell (2014) speculates that Bit–Khang may have originally been Eastern Palaungic, due to various isoglosses shared with Waic, Lametic, and Angkuic, but was later heavily relexified by Khmuic as Bit-Khang speakers migrated eastward into Khmuic territory.
References
Bit–Khang languages Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA