ISO 639-3 · bblbbl
Northeast Caucasian family
Bats
Bats is a language of the Nakh branch (Northeast Caucasian), spoken in Georgia. Wikidata counts about 3,420 speakers (2000). Wikidata describes it as “language of the Bats people, a Caucasian minority group, and is part of the Nakh family of Caucasian languages”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
bbl- Glottocode
bats1242- Family
- Northeast Caucasian
- EGIDS
- 7 Shifting
- UNESCO
- Severely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 36 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
2levels in the tree
7EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Bats |
|---|---|
| Also called | Batsi, Batsbi, Batsb, Batsaw, Tsova-Tush |
| All speakers | 3,420 (2000) |
Vitality
EGIDS 7 Shifting7
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Severely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Northeast Caucasian to Bats
The branches above Bats, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Georgia
azeAzerbaijaniTurkic · 35 mSafekurKurdishIndo-European · 21 mSafeazjNorth AzerbaijaniTurkic · 9.2 m1 · NationalhyeArmenianIndo-European · 6.7 m1 · NationalkatGeorgianKartvelian · 3.7 m1 · NationalpntPontic GreekIndo-European · 778,0006a · VigorousavaAvarNortheast Caucasian · 766,5003 · Wider CommunicationxmfMingrelianunclassified · 345,5306a · VigorouslzzLazunclassified · 250,0006b · ThreatenedaiiAssyrian Neo-AramaicAfroasiatic · 232,3006b · Threatened