Ossetian language

E22457

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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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Ossetian language canonical	26
Ossetian	14
Ossetic	3
Iron Ossetian	1
Iron Ossetic	1
Iron dialect of Ossetian	1
Iron dialect of Ossetian language	1
Middle 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 (49)

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

Cyrillic script → usedFor → Ossetian language ⓘ

Ossetians → language → Ossetian language ⓘ

Iranian languages → hasMajorLanguage → Ossetian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scythian languages

Indo-Iranian languages → includesLanguage → Ossetian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ossetian

Eastern Iranian languages → hasMember → Ossetian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ossetian

Eastern Iranian languages → hasLivingLanguage → Ossetian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ossetian

South Ossetia → officialLanguage → Ossetian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ossetian

South Ossetian forces → languageOfCommand → Ossetian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ossetian

Иронтæ (Ironte) → language → Ossetian language ⓘ

subject surface form: Иронтæ

Ирон (Iron) → refersTo → Ossetian language ⓘ

subject surface form: Ирон

Ирон (Iron) → isVarietyOf → Ossetian language ⓘ

subject surface form: Ирон

Ирон (Iron) → majorDialectOf → Ossetian language ⓘ

subject surface form: Ирон

Ирон (Iron) → autonymFor → Ossetian language ⓘ

subject surface form: Ирон

Ирон (Iron) → hasAlternativeName → Ossetian language ⓘ

subject surface form: Ирон

this entity surface form: Iron Ossetic

Ossetian folk religion → usesLanguage → Ossetian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ossetian

Nart sagas → hasLanguage → Ossetian language ⓘ

Uatsdin → hasSacredLanguage → Ossetian language ⓘ

North Ossetia → hasOfficialLanguage → Ossetian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ossetian

Tskhinvali → officialLanguageDeFacto → Ossetian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ossetian

Ossetia → traditionalLanguage → Ossetian language ⓘ

North Ossetian language authorities → appliesToLanguage → Ossetian language ⓘ

North Ossetian language authorities → appliesToLanguageVariety → Ossetian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iron dialect of Ossetian

North Ossetian language authorities → languageOfWorkOrName → Ossetian language ⓘ

Iranian studies → studiesLanguage → Ossetian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ossetian

Pamir languages → closelyRelatedTo → Ossetian language ⓘ

Digor dialect → subdivisionOf → Ossetian language ⓘ

Digor dialect → mutuallyIntelligibleWith → Ossetian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iron dialect of Ossetian language

Alanic language → influenced → Ossetian language ⓘ

Alanic language → hasDescendant → Ossetian language ⓘ

Proto-Iranian language → ancestorOf → Ossetian language ⓘ

Middle Iranian languages → hasPart → Ossetian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Middle Ossetic

Middle Iranian languages → influenced → Ossetian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ossetic

Yaghnobi → relatedTo → Ossetian language ⓘ

Scythian languages → closelyRelatedTo → Ossetian language ⓘ

Scythian languages → influenced → Ossetian language ⓘ

Alanian → linguisticDescendant → Ossetian language ⓘ

Alanian → closelyRelatedTo → Ossetian language ⓘ

Proto-Eastern Iranian → hasDescendant → Ossetian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ossetic

Northeastern Iranian languages → hasLivingLanguage → Ossetian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ossetian

Parliament of South Ossetia → usesLanguage → Ossetian language ⓘ

President of South Ossetia → nativeLabelLanguage → Ossetian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ossetian

President of South Ossetia → hasOfficialLanguage → Ossetian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ossetian

oss → represents → Ossetian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iron Ossetian

oss → hasExonym → Ossetian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ossetian

oss → hasExonym → Ossetian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ossetic

Digor → partOf → Ossetian language ⓘ

Digor → isDialectOf → Ossetian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ossetian