Editing Bats language (section)

=== Phonotactics ===
The most common syllable type in Batsbi is CVC.<ref name="HG1994" /> However, Batsbi words commonly contain sequences of two consonants, the second of which is often a fricative.<ref name=":0" /> Stop-stop clusters often contain an [[Ejective consonant|ejective]]. Those two-consonant clusters can occur in any position within the word, although less commonly word-finally. Sequences of three consonants do occur as well, although many are borrowings from [[Georgian language|Georgian]]. Like many clusters in non-[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] languages,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Easterday |first=Shelece |url=https://zenodo.org/record/3268721 |title=Highly complex syllable structure: A typological and diachronic study |date=2019-07-04 |publisher=[object Object] |language=en |doi=10.5281/zenodo.3268721}}</ref> consonant sequences in Batsbi often fail to conform to the [[sonority sequencing principle]]. 
{| class="wikitable"
|+Word-initial Two-consonant Clusters<ref name="HG1994" />
!C1
!C2
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Example
! rowspan="2" |English
|-
!'''Stop'''
!'''Fricative'''
|-
|b
|ʒ
|'''bʒ'''ã
|ბჟა<sup>ნ</sup>
|''livestock''
|-
|p
|ħ
|'''pħ'''e
|ფჰჾე
|''village''
|-
|tʃ
|x
|'''tʃx'''otʼ
|ჩხოტ
|''waterfall''
|-
|kʼ
|ʕ
|'''kʼʕ'''okʼ
|კჺოკ
|''hole''
|-
|m
|ʕ
|'''mʕ'''al
|მჺალ
|''common''
|-
!'''Stop'''
!'''Stop'''
! colspan="2" |'''Example'''
!'''English'''
|-
|tʼ
|qʼ
|'''tʼqʼ'''a
|ტყა
|''twenty''
|-
|kʼ
|n
|'''kʼn'''atẽ
|კნათე<sup>ნ</sup>
|''boy''
|-
|tʃʼ
|qʼ
|'''tʃʼqʼ'''empʷʼ
|ჭყემპუ
|''throat''
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Word-initial Three-consonant Clusters<ref name="HG1994" />
!C1
!C2
!C3
! colspan="2" |Example
!English
|-
|p
|s
|tʼ
|'''pstʼ'''u
|ფსტუ
|''wife''
|-
|t
|x
|ɾ
|'''txɾ'''il
|თხრილ
|''ditch''
|-
|tʼ
|kʼ
|m
|'''tʼkʼm'''el
|ტკმელ
|''dust''
|-
|tʼ
|qʼ
|v
|'''tʼqʼv'''e
|ტყვე
|''prisoner''
|-
|g
|ɾ
|d
|'''gɾd'''eml
|გრდემლ
|''anvil''
|}
Of the words containing three-consonant onsets above, only /psʼtu/ "wife" and /tʼkʼmel/ "dust" are native to Batsbi, the rest being [[loanword]]s from Georgian.

{| class="wikitable"
|+Word-final clusters
!C1
!C2
! colspan="2" |Example
!English
|-
|ɾ
|kʼ
|tsa'''ɾkʼ'''
|ცარკ
|''tooth''
|-
|p
|x
|ve'''px'''
|ვეფხ
|''tiger''
|-
|t
|x
|ma'''tx'''
|მათხ
|''sun''
|-
|v
|r
|skʼi'''vɾ'''
|სკივრ
|''chest, trunk''
|-
|n
|tʼ
|abʒo'''ntʼ'''
|აბჟონტ
|''stirrup''
|}