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Name: Bisu
Type: Language
Alternate Names: Mbisu; Misu; Mibisu; Mbi; Laopin; Lawa; Lua; Pin
Spoken in: Myanmar, Thailand
Number of speakers: 240 in China (Xu 2005). No monolinguals. Population total all countries: 1,240. Ethnic population: 240 (Ethnologue)
Number of speakers: 2740 (UNESCO)
Code: bzi
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Sino-Tibetan
Parent Subgroup: Southern Ngwi; Southern Loloish; Hani (sngw)
Child Dialects: Huaipa (bzi-hua) Dakao (bzi-dak) Lanmeng (bzi-lan)
Brief Description: Bisu

Endangerment Status

UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered

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