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The Ossetians (/ ɒ ˈ s iː ʃ ə n z / oss-EE-shənz or / ɒ ˈ s ɛ t i ən z / oss-ET-ee-ənz; [26] Ossetic: ир, ирæттæ / дигорӕ, дигорӕнттӕ, romanized: ir, irættæ / digoræ, digorænttæ), [27] also known as Ossetes (/ ˈ ɒ s iː t s / OSS-eets), [28] Ossets (/ ˈ ɒ s ɪ t s / OSS-its), [29] and Alans (/ ˈ æ l ə n z / AL-ənz), are an Iranian [30] [31] [32 ...
Map showing North and South Ossetia. Ossetia (/ ɒ ˈ s ɛ t i ə / ⓘ o-SET-ee-ə, less common: / ɒ ˈ s iː ʃ ə / ⓘ o-SEE-shə; Ossetian: Ирыстон or Ир, romanized: Iryston or Ir, pronounced) is an ethnolinguistic region located on both sides of the Greater Caucasus Mountains, largely inhabited by the Ossetians.
South Ossetian people (7 C, 1 P) W. Ossetian women (1 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Ossetian people" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
Ossetians speak Ossetian, an Eastern Iranian language, which has two major dialects: Digor and Iron. The written form of Ossetian is based on the Cyrillic alphabet, with additional characters to represent unique Ossetian sounds. Ossetian literature dates back to the 18th century, and prominent authors include Kosta Khetagurov and Nart Sagalayev ...
South Ossetia, [a] officially the Republic of South Ossetia or the State of Alania, [7] is a partially recognised [8] landlocked country in the South Caucasus. [9] It has an officially stated population of just over 56,500 people (2022), who live in an area of 3,900 square kilometres (1,500 sq mi), with 33,000 living in the capital city, Tskhinvali.
Ossetian may refer to: A person or thing from the region of Ossetia in the Caucasus; Ossetian language, an eastern Iranian language Ossetian people, speakers of the language; North Ossetia-Alania, federal administrative division of Russia; South Ossetia, a breakaway state of Georgia with limited recognition
While the city of Tskhinvali did not have a majority Ossetian population, it was made the capital of the South Ossetian AO. [11] [12] In 1922, the recently created South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast claimed the villages, mainly settled by Ossetians in Trialeti as its exclave - to no avail, however. [13] [14]
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