Ossetian language
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Ossetian, commonly referred to as Ossetic and rarely as Ossete, is an Eastern Iranic language that is spoken predominantly in Ossetia, a region situated on both sides of the Greater Caucasus, on the R
Latin-script Ossetian text from a book published in 1935; part of an alphabetic list of proverbs.
The first page of the first issue of the Ossetian newspaper Ræstdzinad in 1923, illustrating Sjögren's Cyrillic alphabet, including the letters ⟨ꚉ⟩ and ⟨ԫ⟩.
Ossetic text written with Georgian script, from a book on Ossetian folklore published in 1940 in South Ossetia
North Ossetia–Alania
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North Ossetia–Alania, officially the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania, is a republic of Russia situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe. It borders the country of Georgia to the south, and the
Ossetian language
…a descendant of the extinct Scythian, Sarmatian, and Alanic languages. The northern half of the Ossetian region is part of Russia and is known as North Ossetia–Alania, while the southern half is part of the de facto country of South Ossetia (recognized by the United Nations as Russian-occupied territory that is de…
Mount Kazbek
Seat of the Republic’s Government
River Fiagdon
Urukh River Valley