Ossetian

Summary

Ossetian is a natural language^[1]. Ossetian draws 1,461 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #102 of 734).^[2]

Key Facts

• Ossetian is in the country of Russia^[3].
• Ossetian is in the country of South Ossetia^[4].
• Ossetian is in the country of Georgia^[5].
• Ossetian is in the country of Turkey^[6].
• Ossetian's instance of is recorded as natural language^[7].
• Ossetian's instance of is recorded as modern language^[8].
• Ossetian is a type of Eastern Iranian^[9].
• Ossetian is a type of Scythian^[10].
• Ossetian's writing system is recorded as Cyrillic script^[11].
• Ossetian's writing system is recorded as Ossetian Cyrillic alphabet^[12].
• Ossetian's Commons category is recorded as Ossetian language^[13].
• Ossetian's Wikimedia language code is recorded as os^[14].
• Ossetian comprises Iron dialect^[15].
• Ossetian comprises Digor Ossetian^[16].
• Ossetian's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 42.6, 'lon': 44}^[17].
• Ossetian's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ossetian language^[18].
• Ossetian's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+599250'}^[19].
• Ossetian's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary^[20].
• Ossetian's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[21].
• Ossetian's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'os', 'text': 'Ирон ӕвзаг'}^[22].
• Ossetian's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'os', 'text': 'Iron ævzag'}^[23].
• Ossetian's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'осетинский'}^[24].
• Ossetian's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'uk', 'text': 'осетинська'}^[25].
• Ossetian's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'az', 'text': 'osetincə'}^[26].
• Ossetian's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'os', 'text': 'ирон'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language^[7] and modern language^[8]. Recorded subclass of include Eastern Iranian^[9] and Scythian^[10].

Use and Application

Components include Iron dialect^[15], a dialect^[28], in Russia^[29] and Digor Ossetian^[16], a dialect^[30], in Russia^[31].

Why It Matters

Ossetian draws 1,461 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #102 of 734).^[2] Ossetian has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] Ossetian is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]