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The Ossetians also known as Ossetes, Ossets and Alans, are an Iranian ethnic group who are indigenous to Ossetia, a region situated across the northern and southern sides of the Caucasus Mountains. They natively speak Ossetian, an Eastern Iranian language of the Indo-European language family, with most also being fluent in Russian as a second language.
The Ossetians are an Iranian ethnic group native to Ossetia, a region straddling both sides of the Caucasus Mountains, who speak Ossetian, an Eastern Iranian language, along with Russian. They matter as a distinct cultural and linguistic community whose presence across a strategically important mountain region makes them significant to understanding the Caucasus's diverse populations and geopolitics.
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Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Ossetians
- Ethnic group.native_name
- Ирæттæ, Дигорæнттæ / Irættæ, Digorænttæ
- Ethnic group.native_name_lang
- os
- Ethnic group.image
- Caucasian dancer Alexander Dzusov.jpg
- Ethnic group.image_caption
- Ossetian folk dancer in North Ossetia (Russia), 2010
- Ethnic group.flag
- <!--
- Ethnic group.flag_caption
- Flag of Ossetia -->
- Ethnic group.total
- 900,000
- Ethnic group.region1
- Russia
- Ethnic group.pop1
- 558,515
- Ethnic group.region2
- (North Ossetia–Alania)
- Ethnic group.pop2
- 480,310
- Ethnic group.region3
- South Ossetia
- Ethnic group.pop3
- 51,000
- Ethnic group.region4
- Georgia(excluding South Ossetia P.A.)
- Ethnic group.pop4
- 14,385
- Ethnic group.region5
- Turkey
- Ethnic group.pop5
- 20,000–50,000
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- Instance of
- ethnic group
- Subclass of
- Iranian peoples
- Part of
- peoples of the Caucasus
- Native language
- Russian
- Religion
- Eastern Orthodoxy
- Population
- 670000
- Image
- Barry (capitaine). F. 17. Ossèthe (Ossète), Koban. Mission scientifique de Mr Ernest Chantre. 1881.jpg
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- Ossetians
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- Category:Ossetian people
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Article · Português
Os ossetas (em osseto ирæттæ, irættæ) são um grupo étnico iraniano, natural da Ossétia, região do Cáucaso. Os ossetas estão localizados, em sua maior parte, na Ossétia do Norte, situada na Rússia, e na Ossétia do Sul, que apesar de ter declarado sua independência permanece reconhecida internacionalmente como parte da Geórgia. Falam o osseto, um idioma indo-europeu da família iraniana.
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