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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > Indonesia (Maluku) > Bati

Bati

A language of Indonesia (Maluku)

ISO 639-3: bvt

Population	3,500 (1989 Loski).
Region	Eastern Seram Island along the coast between Kian Darat and Keleser, and in the interior.
Alternate names	Gah
Dialects	Related to Geser and Watubela.
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Central Malayo-Polynesian, Central Maluku, East, Banda-Geser, Geser-Gorom
Language use	Strong separation of ethnolinguistic identity with Geser. Many claim to be bilingual in Geser.
Language development	Literacy rate in first language: below 1%.
Comments	Muslim.