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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 to	Thailand, China
Ethnicity	700 in Thailand (2007)[1]
Native speakers	240 in China (2005)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Lolo–Burmese Loloish Southern Bisoid Phunoi–Bisu Bisu
Writing system	Thai script, Latin script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bzi
Glottolog	bisu1244
ELP	Bisu

The Laomian are classified within the Lahu ethnic group; the Lahu proper call them the "Lawmeh".[2]

Distribution

According to Bisuyu Yanjiu 毕苏语研究 (2002), there are over 5,000 Bisu speakers in Yunnan, China, and a total of nearly 10,000 Bisu speakers in all countries combined. Within Yunnan, it is spoken mostly in Pu'er Prefecture, as well as neighboring parts of Xishuangbanna.

• Lancang County 澜沧县
  • Zhutang 竹塘乡
    • Dazhai 大寨, Laomian 老面[3] (see Laomian language)
  • Laba 拉巴乡
  • Donglang 东朗乡
  • Fubang 富邦乡
• Menghai County 勐海县
  • Mengzhe 勐遮乡
    • Laopinzhai 老品寨[4] (see Laopin language)
• Ximeng County 西盟县
  • Lisuo 力锁乡
• Menglian County 孟连县
  • Nanya 南雅乡

In Thailand, two dialects of Bisu are spoken in the following villages of Phan District, Chiang Rai Province (Bisuyu Yanjiu 2002:152).

• Dialect 1: Huai Chomphu village (also called Ban Huaisan) and Doi Pui village
• Dialect 2: Phadaeng village

Another variety of Bisu differing from the Phayao variety is spoken in Takɔ (Ban Thako), Mae Suai District, Chiang Rai Province.

In Laos, Bisu (pi33 su44; also called Lao-Phai) is spoken in Phudokcham village, Phongxaly District.[5]

Orthography

In Thailand, the Bisu language is written with the Thai script.

Consonants

• ก – k – [k]
• ข – kh – [kʰ]
• ค – g – [g]
• ง – ŋ – [ŋ]
• จ – č – [t͡ʃ]
• ช – čh – [t͡ʃʰ]
• ซ – s – [s]
• ฌ – š – [ʃ]
• ญ – ñ – [ɲ]
• ฑ – th – [tʰ]
• ฒ – c – [ts]
• ด – d – [d]
• ต – t – [t]
• ธ – th – [tsʰ]
• น – n – [n]
• บ – b – [b]
• ป – p – [p]
• พ – ph – [pʰ]
• ม – m – [m]
• ย – y – [j]
• ล – l – [l]
• ว – w – [w]
• อ – (none) – [-]
• ฮ – h – [h]
• ฮม – hm – [hm]
• ฮน – hn – [hn]
• ฮญ – hñ – [hɲ]
• ฮง – hŋ – [hŋ]
• ฮล – hl – [hl]
• ฮย – hy – [hj][6]

Vowels

• -ั – a – [a]
• -า – aa – [aː]
• -ิ – i – [i]
• -ี – ii – [iː]
• -ึ – ʉ – [ʉ]
• -ื – ʉʉ – [ʉː]
• -ุ – u – [u]
• -ู – uu – [u
• เ-็ – e – [e]
• เ- – ee – [eː]
• แ-็ – æ – [æ]
• แ- – ææ – [æː]
• โ-ะ – o – [o]
• โ- – oo – [oː]
• -็อ – ɔ – [ɔ]
• -อ – ɔɔ – [ɔː]
• เ-อะ – ə – [ə]
• เ-ิ – əə – [əː]
• เ-า – aw – [aw]
• ไ- – ay – [aj][6]

Tones

• -่ – low
• – - mid
• -้ – high

References

External links

• The New Testament in Bisu on Bible.com

На других языках

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- [en] Bisu language

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[fr] Bisu

Le bisu (autres appellations : mbisu, misu, mibisu, mbi) est une langue tibéto-birmane parlée dans la région du Xishuangbanna, dans la province du Yunnan en Chine (6 000 locuteurs), ainsi qu'en Thaïlande (un millier de locuteurs).

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[ru] Бису (язык)

Бису (кит. 毕苏语) — лолойский язык, на котором говорят в Китае и Таиланде. В Китае зафиксировано 240 носителей языка (2005 год), которые проживают в деревне Лаопиньчжай (уезд Мэнхай Сишуанбаньна-Дайского АО провинции Юньнань. В КНР язык бису официально считается диалектом языка хани. Около 700 бису проживает в Таиланде, в двух деревнях провинции Чианграй, при этом не все представители бису владеют языком своего этноса[1].

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