Bati

BVT

threatened

Alternate Names: Gah

Dialects: None known. Related to Geser-Gorom , and Watubela ,.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Central Maluku
East
Banda-Geser
Geser-Gorom

Demographics: 3,500 (Loski and Loski 1989).

Language Use: Also use Geser-Gorom [ges].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%.

Nation of Origin: Indonesia

Other Comments: Strong separation of ethnolinguistic identity from Geser-Gorom ,. Muslim.