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
Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages
Moseley, Christopher. 2005. "Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages." RoutledgeCurzon.
Severely Endangered
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Transmission
Transmission 5
There are only a few elderly speakers.
5
Speakers
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Year information was gathered
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Location and Context
Countries
Zemo-Alvani, Akhmeta County, Georgia
Location Description
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Government Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Georgian
Number of Other Language Speakers:
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Domains of Other Languages:
Schools and wider communication
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
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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.