Ossetian language

Ossetian
Ossetian
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
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Eastern Ossetian; ; ; ;
Writing system	Cyrillic (Ossetian alphabet)
Official status
Official language in	Russia North Ossetia–Alania ; Georgia Provisional Administration of South Ossetia ; 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.
	This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA.

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.

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 AHD:Ossetian
↑ OED:Ossetian.
↑ "Google Ngram Viewer". Retrieved 2022-03-18.
↑ "Ossete". Merriam-Webster.com. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
↑ Random House Dictionary
↑ Cite error: The named reference Ethnologue was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
↑ Encyclopaedia Britannica
↑ Dalby 1998.

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[ahd-1] 1.0 ^1.1 AHD:Ossetian

[FOOTNOTEOED:Ossetian-2] OED:Ossetian.

[3] "Google Ngram Viewer". Retrieved 2022-03-18.

[4] "Ossete". Merriam-Webster.com. Retrieved 19 March 2022.

[5] Random House Dictionary

[Ethnologue-6] Cite error: The named reference Ethnologue was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).

[7] Encyclopaedia Britannica

[FOOTNOTEDalby1998-9] Dalby 1998.

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Ossetian
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
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Eastern Ossetian
Writing system	Cyrillic (Ossetian alphabet)
Official status
Official language in	Russia North Ossetia–Alania Georgia Provisional Administration of South Ossetia 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.
This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA.