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Bats

Northeast Caucasian (Nakh)

FamilyNortheast Caucasian (Nakh) Speakers~3K (all bilingual in Georgian) ScriptGeorgian (Mkhedruli); occasionally Cyrillic in academic work CountriesGeorgia (Kakheti, Akhmeta Municipality, Zemo Alvani) Official inNo ISO 639-3bbl Glottocodebats1242

Bats (Tsova-Tushin, ბაცბური მოტტ batsbuli mott) is the smallest Nakh language, sister to Chechen and Ingush, spoken only in the single village of Zemo Alvani in Georgia. It has eight noun classes (the most of any Nakh language), ergative alignment, and famously a split between agentive and non-agentive intransitive subjects ("fluid-S"). Heavy Georgian contact has supplied massive loan and structural influence; the language is unwritten and severely endangered.

Where it is spoken

31 core words in Bats

Water

ხი

/xi/

Fire

ცʼე

/tsʼe/

Sun

მაცხ

/matsx/

Moon

ბუცʼ

/butsʼ/

Star

სედა

/seda/

Mother

ნანა

/nana/

Father

დადა

/dada/

I

სო

/so/

You

ჰო

/ħo/

Name

ცʼე

/tsʼe/

Eye

ბარკʼ

/barkʼ/

Hand

კʼუჲ

/kʼuj/

Heart

დოკ

/dokʼ/

Love

დაკარ

/dakar/

Tree

დაჴ

/daq/

House

ცʼა

/tsʼa/

Dog

ფჰუ

/pʰu/

Cat

ციცა

/tsitsa/

Eat

ჲაა

/jaː/

Drink

მალარ

/malar/

One

ცхʼა

/tsʰa/

Two

შინ

/ʃin/

Hello

ვუჲ

/vuj/

Thank you

მადლობელ ვალ

/madlobel val/

Good

დიკʼა

/dikʼa/

Cuckoo

გუგუტ

/ɡuɡutː/

Sources

Words compared

Compared with related Northeast Caucasian (Nakh) languages

Meaning BatsChechenIngushAvarLakArchiAndi
Water ხი /xi/ хи /xi/ хий /xij/ лъим /ɬim/ щин /ʃin/ лъан /ɬan/ лъен /ɬen/
Fire ცʼე /tsʼe/ цӏе /tsʼe/ цӏе /tsʼe/ цӏа /tsʼa/ цӏу /tsʼu/ цӏай /tsʼaj/ цӏай /tsʼaj/
Sun მაცხ /matsx/ малх /malx/ малх /malx/ бакъ /baqʼ/ бургъ /burʁ/ бараг /baɾaɡ/ миллӏи /milːi/
Moon ბუცʼ /butsʼ/ бутт /butː/ бутт /butː/ моцӏ /motsʼ/ барз /barz/ батӏ /batʼ/ борцӏцӏо /bortsʼːo/
Star სედა /seda/ седа /seda/ седкъа /sedqʼa/ цӀва /tsʼʷa/ цӀукӀу /tsʼukʼu/ хӀон /ħon/ цӀцӀа /tsʼːa/
Mother ნანა /nana/ нана /nana/ наьна /næna/ эбел /ebel/ нину /ninu/ буба /buba/ ила /ila/
Father დადა /dada/ да /da/ да /da/ эмен /emen/ ппу /pːu/ аба /aba/ има /ima/
I სო /so/ со /sʷo/ со /so/ дун /dun/ на /na/ зон /zon/ ден /dẽ/
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