Native to Russia, Georgia | Glottolog iron1242 | |
Region North Ossetia, South Ossetia Native speakers (5/6 of Ossete speakers cited 1981) Language family Indo-European
Indo-Iranian
Iranian
Eastern?
Ossetian
Iron Dialects Ir
Tagaur
Alagir
Kurtat | ||
Iron (Ossetic: Ирон, Iron or Ирон æвзаг, Iron ævzag) is one of the two main dialects of the Ossetic language along with Digor spoken in the 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.
References
Iron Ossetian Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA