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Iron Ossetic  

Definition

  • Iron Ossetic or Iron Ossetian or simply Iron, Ossetic or Ossetian, is a member of the Iranian subgroup of the Indo-European languages, the world’s largest language family by number of native speakers. Iron Ossetic is spoken in Ossetia, a region on the northern Caucasus. The majority of Ossetians speak Iron, notably in the East, South and Central parts of North Ossetia–Alania, while in the West the Digor dialect is more prevalent. The Iron dialect has been the basis of the Ossetian written language since the abolition of the Digor standard in 1939. Written Ossetian may be immediately recognised by its use of the Cyrillic letter Ae (Ӕ ӕ), a letter to be found in no other language using Cyrillic script.

Entry terms

  • Iron
  • Iron Ossetian
  • Ossetian
  • Ossetic

Identifier

  • OSS

Change note

  • Misusing: for Austria country code
  • ‘OS’ code has also been erroneously used for ‘Austrian’ that does not exist as a distinct language.
  • 2025-015.pdf

Notation

  • os
  • oss

In other languages

  • Иронски осетински

    Bulgarian

  • осетински
  • ironski osetski

    Croatian

  • osetski
  • ironská osetština

    Czech

  • osetština
  • ironossetisk

    Danish

  • ossetisk
  • Iron-Ossetisch

    Dutch

  • Ossetisch
  • ironiosseedi keel

    Estonian

  • osseetia keel
  • ironosseetti

    Finnish

  • osseetti
  • ossète Iron

    French

  • ossète
  • ironisches Ossetisch

    German

  • Ossetisch
  • ιρον οσετικά

    Greek

  • οσετικά
  • iron oszét

    Hungarian

  • oszét
  • ironossetiska

    Icelandic

  • ossetíska
  • Oiséitis Iarónach

    Irish

  • Oiséitis
  • osseto iron

    Italian

  • osseto
  • osetīnu valoda (ironu)

    Latvian

  • osetīnu valoda
  • osetinų ironų

    Lithuanian

  • osetinų kalba
  • иро́нский

    Macedonian

  • осетински
  • Ossetiku, varjetà Iron

    Maltese

  • Ossetian
  • ironossetisk

    Norwegian

  • iron ævzag

    Ossetic

  • ирон æвзаг
  • iroński (wschodnioosetyjski)

    Polish

  • osetyjski
  • osseto ironiano

    Portuguese

  • osseto
  • osetină iron

    Romanian

  • osetă
  • иро́нский

    Russian

  • осетинский
  • иро́нский

    Serbian

  • осетински
  • osetski

    Serbo-Croatian

  • ironská osetčina

    Slovak

  • osetčina
  • iron osetščina

    Slovenian

  • osetinščina
  • osético irón

    Spanish

  • osético
  • ironossetiska

    Swedish

  • ossetiska
  • iron osetçesi

    Turkish

  • osetçe
  • иронський

    Ukrainian

  • осетинська мова
  • osetišćina

    Upper Sorbian

URI

http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/OSS

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