Bit–Khang languages

Bit–Khang
Bit–Khang
Geographic; distribution	Laos, Vietnam, China
Linguistic classification	Austroasiatic Palaungic Bit–Khang; ;
Glottolog	khao1243

The Bit–Khang languages consist of:

Bit (AKA Khabit, Psing, Buxing)
Quang Lam
Kháng
Bumang

The Bit–Khang languages are spoken in southern China, northern Laos, and northwestern Vietnam.

Classification

Paul Sidwell (2014)^[1] 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

^ Sidwell, Paul. 2014. "Khmuic classification and homeland". Mon-Khmer Studies 43.1:47-56.

[1] Sidwell, Paul. 2014. "Khmuic classification and homeland". Mon-Khmer Studies 43.1:47-56.

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