osTechnical information about ISO 639 language code os
The table below provides technical details for the Ossetian language, designated by the os code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Ossetian Native Ирон æвзаг |
| Family | Iranian |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | IronDigorJassic (extinct) |
| Related languages | YaghnobiPashtoWakhiShughni |
| Key facts | Descendant of the ancient Scytho-Sarmatian branch of IranianKeeps a rich case system of roughly nine cases and uses postpositionsIt is the only living Iranian language native to the CaucasusUses a Cyrillic script extended with letters like æ, ӕ and ңThe modern literary standard is based mainly on the Iron dialect and incorporates Digor vocabulary. |
| Sample phrase | Салам, уыд дæ? |
| Character encodings | |
| Supported in Localizely |
Ossetian, also known as Ossetic, belongs to the Indo-European language family, more specifically to the Iranian subgroup. It is primarily spoken in certain regions of Russia and Georgia. Ossetian is predominantly written using the Cyrillic script (Ossetian alphabet). It is estimated that there are around 500,000 speakers worldwide.
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Ossetian speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
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