Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Southeast Asian Peoples

People Cluster: Mon-Khmer

Language: Bit - (bgk)

Alternate Name(s): Bid, Lao Soung (Highland), Lao Soung (Highland)

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Laos

Also found in: China

Population: 2,000

Global Population: 2,850

Progress of the Gospel: Unengaged and Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: No Evangelicals, Churches or Resources

Overview: The Bit of Laos, numbering 2,000, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are part of the Mon-Khmer people cluster within the Southeast Asian Peoples affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 2,850 in 2 countries. Their primary language is Bit. The primary religion practiced by the Bit is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.

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