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)[1] far fewer than 3,000 active (2007)
Language family	Northeast Caucasian Nakh Bats
Writing system	Georgian script[2]
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
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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.