Ossetian language

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Eastern Iranian language Iranian language natural language

The Ossetian language is an Eastern Iranian language spoken primarily in the Caucasus region of Russia, especially in North and South Ossetia.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Ossetian 7
Iron Ossetic 1
Scythian languages 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Iranian language ⓘ
Iranian language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
ancestor Alanic language ⓘ
Scytho-Sarmatian languages ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo no living major language ⓘ
coOfficialWith Russian language ⓘ
country Georgia ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
currentlyWrittenIn Cyrillic script ⓘ
earliestTextsIn Arabic script ⓘ
estimatedSpeakers about 500000 ⓘ
glottocode osse1243 ⓘ
hasDialects Digor dialect ⓘ
Iron dialect ⓘ
hasLiteraryTraditionSince 18th century ⓘ
hasMorphologyType fusional ⓘ
hasOfficialStatusIn North Ossetia ⓘ
surface form: North Ossetia–Alania

South Ossetia ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature vowel harmony (partial) ⓘ
historicalRegion Ossetia ⓘ
surface form: Alania
ISO639-1Code os ⓘ
ISO639-2Code oss ⓘ
ISO639-3Code oss ⓘ
languageBranch Iranian branch ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European language family ⓘ
laterWrittenIn Latin script ⓘ
lexicalInfluenceFrom Caucasian languages ⓘ
Georgian language ⓘ
Russian language ⓘ
Turkic languages ⓘ
nativeName Дигорон æвзаг ⓘ
Ирон æвзаг ⓘ
numberOfCases about 9 ⓘ
partOf Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages

Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
primaryRegion Caucasus ⓘ
North Ossetia ⓘ
surface form: North Ossetia–Alania

South Ossetia ⓘ
regulatesBy North Ossetian language authorities ⓘ
spokenBy Ossetians ⓘ
standardBasedOn Iron dialect ⓘ
subfamilyOf Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
typology SOV word order ⓘ
usesCaseSystem yes ⓘ
writingSystem Cyrillic script ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

Ирон (Iron) → autonymFor → Ossetian language ⓘ
subject surface form: Ирон
Ирон (Iron) → hasAlternativeName → Ossetian language ⓘ
subject surface form: Ирон
this entity surface form: Iron Ossetic
Nart sagas → hasLanguage → Ossetian language ⓘ
Eastern Iranian languages → hasLivingLanguage → Ossetian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ossetian
Iranian languages → hasMajorLanguage → Ossetian language ⓘ
Iranian languages → hasMajorLanguage → Ossetian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scythian languages
Eastern Iranian languages → hasMember → Ossetian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ossetian
North Ossetia → hasOfficialLanguage → Ossetian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ossetian
Uatsdin → hasSacredLanguage → Ossetian language ⓘ
Indo-Iranian languages → includesLanguage → Ossetian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ossetian
Ирон (Iron) → isVarietyOf → Ossetian language ⓘ
subject surface form: Ирон
Ossetians → language → Ossetian language ⓘ
Иронтæ (Ironte) → language → Ossetian language ⓘ
subject surface form: Иронтæ
South Ossetian forces → languageOfCommand → Ossetian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ossetian
Ирон (Iron) → majorDialectOf → Ossetian language ⓘ
subject surface form: Ирон
South Ossetia → officialLanguage → Ossetian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ossetian
Ирон (Iron) → refersTo → Ossetian language ⓘ
subject surface form: Ирон
Cyrillic script → usedFor → Ossetian language ⓘ
Ossetian folk religion → usesLanguage → Ossetian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ossetian