Ossetians

Also known as Ossetes

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.

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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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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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Population: 670000
Image: Barry (capitaine). F. 17. Ossèthe (Ossète), Koban. Mission scientifique de Mr Ernest Chantre. 1881.jpg

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Contents

Name and etymology
Origin
Modern use
Subgroups
Culture
Mythology
Music
Genres
Instruments
History
Pre-history (Early ''Alans'')
Middle Ages
Modern history
Language
Religion
Demographics
Russian Census of 2002
Genetics
Gallery
See also
References
Bibliography
Further reading
Notes
External links

Currently, the Ossetian homeland of Ossetia is politically divided between North Ossetia–Alania in Russia, and the de facto country of South Ossetia (recognized by the United Nations as Russian-occupied territory that is de jure part of Georgia). Their closest historical and linguistic relatives, the Jász people, live in the Jászság region within the northwestern part of the Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County in Hungary. A third group descended from the medieval Alans are the Asud of Mongolia. Both the Jász and the Asud have long been assimilated; only the Ossetians have preserved a form of the Alanic language and Alanian identity.