Bats language
Bats (Batsbur Mott' or Batsba Moṭṭ, also Batsi, Batsbi, Batsb, Batsaw, or Tsova-Tush) is the endangered language of the Bats people, a North Caucasian minority group. It is part of the Nakh family of Northeast Caucasian languages. It had 2,500 to 3,000 speakers in 1975.
| Bats | |
|---|---|
| Batsba Moṭṭ ბაცბა მოტტ | |
| Native to | North Caucasus |
| Region | Zemo-Alvani in Kakheti |
Native speakers | (500 cited 1997) far fewer than 3,000 active (2007) |
Northeast Caucasian
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Writing system | Georgian script |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bbl |
| Glottolog | bats1242 |
| ELP | Batsbi |
There is only one dialect. It exists only as a spoken language, as Bats people use Georgian as their written language. The language is not mutually intelligible with either Chechen or Ingush, the other two members of the Nakh family.
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