Bati (woreda) Bati (woreda) Bati (Amharic: ባቲ) is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Oromia Zone, Bati is bordered on the south by Dawa Harewa, on the southeast by the Argobba special woreda, on the west and north by the Debub Wollo Zone, and on the east by the Afar Region. Towns in this woreda include its administrative center, the market town of Bati. The towns of Degan and Gerba was administratively part of Bati prior to the 2007 census but was then transferred to Kalu woreda. A notable landmark of this woreda is the
Gawar-Bati language Gawar-Bati language Gawar-Bati (Narsati) is a Dardic language spoken in Chitral, Pakistan and across the border in Afghanistan. It is also known in Chitral as Aranduyiwar, because it is spoken in Arandu, which is the last village in lower Chitral and is also across the border from Berkot in Afghanistan. There are about 9,000 speakers of Gawar-Bati, with 1,500 in Pakistan, and 7,500 in Afghanistan. The name "Gawar-Bati" means "speech of the Gawar", a people detailed by the Cacopardos in their study of the Hindu Kush. The Gawar-Bati Language has not been given serious study by linguists, except that it