Also Known As:
Bats, Tsova-Tush, batsba motjiti, Bac, Tush, Batsaw, Batsi, ბაცბური ენა, წოვათუშური ენა, бацбийский язык, цова-тушинский, цоватский язык, бацбур мотlтl
Dialects & Varieties
Perception of Exuberant Exponence in Batsbi: Fuctional or Incidental?
Alice C. Harris and Arthur G. Samuel. 2011. "Perception of Exuberant Exponence in Batsbi: Fuctional or Incidental?" In Language, 87: 447-469. Linguistic Society of America. Online: http://muse.jhu.edu.eres.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/journals/language/v08….
Endangered
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
200-300
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speakers
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Comments on speakers
"All Batsbi people speak Georgian, and many also speak Russian; none of these three languages is related to the others. For several generations Batsbi people have attended schools taught in Georgian."
Location and Context
Countries
Georgia
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Georgian; Russian
Number of Other Language Speakers:
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Domains of Other Languages:
Georgian is used in schools
Writing Systems
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Recent Resources
The Wikipedia page for the Batsbi language, otherwise known as Bats.
Ein Grammatik der Thusch-Sprache, auch als Bats oder Batsbi bekannt.