Ossetian language
Eastern Iranian language of Ossetia, in the Caucasus / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ossetian (/ɒˈsɛtiən/, /ɒˈsiːʃən/, /oʊˈsiːʃən/),[1][2] commonly referred to as Ossetic and rarely as Ossete[note 1][8] (ирон ӕвзаг, irōn ӕvzag), is an Eastern Iranian language that is spoken mostly in Ossetia.
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Ossetian | |
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ирон ӕвзаг (irōn ævzag) дигорон ӕвзаг (digōrōn ævzag) | |
Pronunciation | [iˈɾon ɐvˈzaɡ] [digoˈɾon ɐvˈzaɡ] |
Native to | Ossetia |
Region | Caucasus |
Ethnicity | Ossetians |
Native speakers | 597,450 (2010)e23 |
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Cyrillic (Ossetian alphabet) | |
Official status | |
Official language in |
Partially recognised country: South Ossetia |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | os |
ISO 639-2 | oss |
ISO 639-3 | oss |
Glottolog | osse1243 |
Linguasphere | 58-ABB-a |
Latin-script Ossetian text from a book published in 1935; part of an alphabetic list of proverbs. | |
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