Bats (South Caucasian people)

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Name (Latin)
Bats (South Caucasian people)
Other forms of name
nne Bats (Transcaucasian people)
Tsova-Tush (South Caucasian people)
Tʻushebi (South Caucasian people)
Tushiny (South Caucasian people)
See Also From tracing topical name
Ethnology Georgia (Republic)
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q584462
Library of congress: sh2005001241
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: 2004551719: Tushiny, 2001:colophon (Tʻushebi)
  • Ethnologue WWW site, Feb. 23, 2005(Bats language, of the Nakh language group, spoken by small group of people in Georgia)

Wikipedia description:

The Bats people or the Batsbi are Nakh-speaking Tushetians in the country of Georgia. They are also known as the Ts'ova-Tush (წოვათუშები) after the Ts'ova Gorge in the historic Georgian mountain region of Tusheti. The group should not be confused with the neighbouring Kists – also a Nakh-speaking people who live in the nearby Pankisi Gorge.

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