Bati, Ethiopia Bati, Ethiopia Bati is a town in north-central Ethiopia. Located in the Oromia Zone of the Amhara Region (or "killoch"), east of Dessie this town has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 1502 metres above sea level. It is the largest town in Bati woreda. Bati is known for its market, located between the Ethiopian highlands and the Great Rift Valley. According to Philip Briggs, this market "forms an important cultural crossroads for the Amhara, Oromo and semi-nomadic, desert-dwelling Afar people. Bati has hosted Ethiopia's largest cattle and camel market, attracting up to 20,000 people every Monday."
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