Ossetians

E16191
Iranian peoples ethnic group

Ossetians are an Iranian-speaking ethnic group native to the central Caucasus, primarily inhabiting the region of Ossetia divided between Russia and Georgia.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Ossetian people 4
Iron Ossetians 2
Caucasian peoples 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Iranian peoples ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
associatedDeFactoEntity South Ossetia ⓘ
surface form: Republic of South Ossetia
associatedStateEntity North Ossetia ⓘ
surface form: Republic of North Ossetia–Alania
autonym Дигор (Digor) ⓘ
Ирон (Iron) ⓘ
Иронтæ (Ironte) ⓘ
ethnogenesisRegion North Caucasus ⓘ
surface form: Central Caucasus
historicalAncestor Alans ⓘ
Alans ⓘ
surface form: Sarmatians
historicalWritingSystem Georgian script ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script
language Ossetian language ⓘ
languageBranch Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
languageFamily Iranian languages ⓘ
majorSubgroup Ossetians self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Digor Ossetians

Ossetians self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Iron Ossetians
minorityIn European Union countries ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ
Kazakhstan ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ
nativeTo Ossetia ⓘ
populationCenter Tskhinvali ⓘ
Vladikavkaz ⓘ
primaryCountry Georgia ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
recognizedAs indigenous people of the North Caucasus ⓘ
relatedEthnicity Kurds ⓘ
Persians ⓘ
Talysh ⓘ
Tats ⓘ
religion Agnosticism ⓘ
Atheism ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy

Neopaganism ⓘ
Ossetian folk religion ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
traditionalEconomy agriculture ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
traditionalEpic Nart sagas ⓘ
traditionalFood Ossetian pies ⓘ
traditionalRegion North Ossetia ⓘ
surface form: North Ossetia–Alania

South Ossetia ⓘ
traditionalReligionName Uatsdin ⓘ
UNESCOIntangibleHeritageElement Ossetian traditional feasts and rituals (as part of Nart epic-related culture) ⓘ
writingSystem Cyrillic script ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ирон (Iron) → autonymFor → Ossetians ⓘ
subject surface form: Ирон
this entity surface form: Ossetian people
Alans → descendantGroup → Ossetians ⓘ
Terek Oblast → ethnicComposition → Ossetians ⓘ
Ирон (Iron) → ethnicGroup → Ossetians ⓘ
subject surface form: Ирон
South Ossetia → ethnicMajority → Ossetians ⓘ
subject surface form: Ирон
this entity surface form: Iron Ossetians
Uatsdin → hasCommunity → Ossetians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ossetian diaspora
Nart sagas → hasCulturalOrigin → Ossetians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ossetian people
North Caucasus → hasEthnicGroup → Ossetians ⓘ
South Caucasus → hasEthnicGroup → Ossetians ⓘ
Tbilisi → hasEthnicGroup → Ossetians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ossetian
Caucasus → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Ossetians ⓘ
Iranian peoples → hasPart → Ossetians ⓘ
Ossetians → majorSubgroup → Ossetians self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iron Ossetians
Ossetians → majorSubgroup → Ossetians self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Digor Ossetians
Иронтæ (Ironte) → meaning → Ossetians ⓘ
subject surface form: Иронтæ
Kists → neighboringEthnicGroups → Ossetians ⓘ
Kartvelebi → partOf → Ossetians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caucasian peoples
Ирон (Iron) → refersTo → Ossetians ⓘ
subject surface form: Ирон
this entity surface form: Ossetian people
Ossetian language → spokenBy → Ossetians ⓘ
Ирон (Iron) → usedBy → Ossetians ⓘ
subject surface form: Ирон
Иронтæ (Ironte) → usedBy → Ossetians ⓘ
subject surface form: Иронтæ
this entity surface form: Ossetian people