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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tsova-Tush canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nakh people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
alternateName Bats ⓘ
linked to: Chiroptera

Bats people ⓘ
Batsbi ⓘ
citizenship Georgia ⓘ
country Georgia ⓘ
culturallyAssociatedWith Georgians ⓘ
Khevsurs ⓘ
linked to: Khevsureti

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 Eastern Orthodox rite ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine 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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bats people → alsoKnownAs → Tsova-Tush ⓘ