Bats language
| Bats | |
|---|---|
| ბაცბა მოტტ Batsba Moṭṭ batsba motjiti | |
| Pronunciation | [batsʰba motʼː] [batsbur mɔt'ː] |
| Native to | North Caucasus |
| Region | Zemo-Alvani in Kakheti |
| Ethnicity | Bats people |
Native speakers | (500 cited 1997) far fewer than 3,000 active (2007) |
| Georgian script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bbl |
| Glottolog | bats1242 |
| ELP | Batsbi |
Bats | |
Bats is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Bats (Batsbur Mott, or Batsba Moṭṭ, ბაცბა მოტტ, [batsʰba motʼː]), also known as Batsbi, Batsi, Batsb, Batsaw, or Tsova-Tush) is the endangered language of the Bats people, a North Caucasian minority group living in the Republic of Georgia. Batsbi is part of the Nakh branch of Northeast Caucasian languages. It had 2,500 to 3,000 speakers in 1975, with only one dialect. Batsbi is only used for spoken communication, as Bats people tend to use Georgian when writing.