Tsova-Tush

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The Tsova-Tush, also known as the Bats people, are a small Nakh-speaking ethnic group traditionally inhabiting the mountainous Batsara (Tsova) region of northeastern Georgia.

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Tsova-Tush canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nakh people
ethnic group
indigenous people
alternateName Chiroptera
surface form: Bats

Bats people
Batsbi
citizenship Georgia
country Georgia
culturallyAssociatedWith Georgians
Khevsureti
surface form: Khevsurs

Tushetians
endonymLanguage Batsbi language
ethnographicRegion Pshav-Khevsureti and Tusheti cultural area
ethnoLinguisticMinorityIn Georgia
geopoliticalContext South Caucasus
historicalLanguageShift bilingualism in Georgian
integration largely integrated into Georgian society
language Bats language
languageContact intensive contact with Georgian language
languageFamily Nakh languages
Northeast Caucasian languages
languageStatus endangered language community
locatedIn northeastern Georgia
minorityStatus numerical minority in Georgia
mountainRegion Greater Caucasus
oralTradition Nakh oral folklore
populationStatus small population
recognizedAs distinct ethnic group in ethnographic literature
region Tusheti
relatedEthnicity Chechens
Ingush
Kists
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Georgian Orthodox Church
religiousRite Byzantine Rite
surface form: Eastern Orthodox rite
subregion Batsara gorge
traditionalDress Caucasian highlander costume
traditionalEconomy pastoralism
sheep herding
transhumant herding
traditionalHousing mountain villages
stone towers
traditionalLivestock cattle
horses
sheep
traditionalRegion Batsara
Tsova
usesScript Georgian script

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Bats people alsoKnownAs Tsova-Tush