Editing Bats language (section)

{{Short description|Northeast Caucasian language}}
{{Distinguish|text=the Mayan [[Tzotzil language]], also known as Bats'i}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Bats
| nativename       = {{lang|bbl|ბაცბა მოტტ}} {{Transliteration|bbl|Batsba Moṭṭ}}<br />{{tlit|bbl|batsba motjiti}}
| states           = [[North Caucasus]]
| region           = Zemo-Alvani in [[Kakheti]]
| speakers         = 500
| date             = 1997
| ref              = <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.unesco.org/culture/languages-atlas/en/atlasmap/language-id-1041.html |title=UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger |website=[[UNESCO]] |language=en |access-date=2018-04-17}}</ref>
| speakers2        = far fewer than 3,000 active (2007)
| familycolor      = Caucasian
| fam1             = [[Northeast Caucasian languages|Northeast Caucasian]]
| fam2             = [[Nakh languages|Nakh]]
| script           = [[Georgian script]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.omniglot.com/writing/batsbi.htm|title=Batsbi alphabet, pronunciation and language|publisher=Omniglot.com|access-date=February 4, 2018}}</ref>
| iso3             = bbl
| glotto           = bats1242
| glottorefname    = Bats
| notice           = IPA
| map              = File:Northeast Caucasus languages map en.svg
| mapcaption       = {{legend|#54D500|Bats}}
| ethnicity        = [[Bats people]]
| pronunciation    = {{IPA|[batsʰba motʼː]}}<br />{{IPA|[batsbur mɔt'ː]}}
| map2             = Lang Status 40-SE.svg
| mapcaption2      = {{center|{{small|Bats is classified as Severely Endangered by the [[UNESCO]] ''[[Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger]]''}}}}
}}

'''Bats''' ({{lang|bbl|Batsbur Mott}}, or {{lang|bbl|Batsba Moṭṭ, ბაცბა მოტტ}}, {{IPA|bbl|batsʰba motʼː|}}), also known as '''Batsbi''', '''Batsi''', '''Batsb''', '''Batsaw''', or '''Tsova-Tush''') is the [[endangered language]] of the [[Bats people]], a [[North Caucasian languages|North Caucasian]] minority group living in the [[Georgia (country)|Republic of Georgia]]. Batsbi is part of the [[Nakh languages|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 language|Georgian]] when writing.