Total population | |
---|---|
2,000 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Laos,China | |
Languages | |
Bit,Lao | |
Religion | |
Animism |
TheBit orBid are anethnic group living inLaos.[1] There are around 1,500 people left, mainly in a single village, as well as a further 500 or so across the border inChina.[2] They speakBit, aMon–Khmer language, although most also speakLao.
The Bit live in houses built on stilts, and cultivate wetrice as well as other vegetables. They believe in local spirits and have a male religious leader known asmo mon.