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Ossetian (/ ɒ ˈ s ɛ t i. ə n / oss-ET-ee-ən, / ɒ ˈ s iː ʃ ə n / oss-EE-shən, / oʊ ˈ s iː ʃ ə n / oh-SEE-shən), commonly referred to as Ossetic and rarely as Ossete (Ossetian: ирон ӕвзаг, romanized: iron ӕvzag pronounced [iˈron ɐvˈzäɡ] southern; [iˈron ɐvˈʒäɡ] northern), is an Eastern Iranian language that ...
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The Ossetic language written in its traditional Khutsuri....
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The Ossetian Wikipedia (Ossetian: Ирон Википеди) is the...
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Ossetian is a language of the northeastern branch of the Iranian branch of the Indo-European family. It is the only living remnant of the Iranian languages spoken in ancient times by the "Scythian" peoples of Europe: Scythians, Sarmatians and Alans. It has been influenced by the Caucasian substratum.
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Ossetian was first written during the 18th century with a version of the Arabic script. Then in 1844, a method of writing Ossetian with the Cyrillic alphabet was developed by Sjoegren. Between 1923 and 1937 a version of the Latin alphabet was used to write the language, and since 1938 the Cyrillic alphabet has been used, though from 1938 to the ...
Ossetian (/ ɒ ˈ s ɛ t i ə n /, / ɒ ˈ s iː ʃ ə n /, / oʊ ˈ s iː ʃ ə n /), commonly referred to as Ossetic and rarely as Ossete (ирон ӕвзаг, irōn ӕvzag), is an Eastern Iranian language that is spoken mostly in Ossetia.
Endangerment. Ossetian continues to be a vital language today among certain segments of the Ossetian population but it is under heavy pressure from Russian, a lingua franca throughout the region. Recent geopolitical conflict has highlighted the degree to which the cross-border Ossetian community lives in the shadow of powerful neighbors.
