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Pronunciation / Transliteration: oseteo
"오세트어는 코카서스 지역에서 쓰이는 언어입니다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An Iranian language spoken in the Caucasus region, primarily in South Ossetia and North Ossetia-Alania.
"Ossetian is one of the few surviving Northeast Iranian languages." - 2
A member of an ethnic group living in the Caucasus, mainly in North Ossetia and South Ossetia.
"The Ossetians have a rich cultural heritage and mythology deeply rooted in the Nart sagas."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Georgian 'Oseti' (referring to the region of Alania/Ossetia) combined with the English adjectival and nominal suffix '-an'. The root ultimately traces back to the ancient Alans and Sarmatians, Iranian peoples of the Eurasian steppe.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Ossetian" is said worldwide
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ossète
Transliteration: osɛt
"L'ossète est une langue iranienne parlée dans le Caucase."
Ossetisch
Transliteration: ɔˈsɛtɪʃ
"Ossetisch gehört zu den iranischen Sprachen."
ossetico
Transliteration: osˈsɛtiko
"La lingua ossetica è parlata nel Caucaso."
osético
Transliteration: oˈsetiko
"El idioma osetio se habla en el Cáucaso."
osseto
Transliteration: uˈsɛtu
"A língua ossétia é falada na região do Cáucaso."
ओस्सेतिक भाषा
Transliteration: ossetik bhasha
"ओस्सेतिक काकेशस में बोली जाने वाली एक भाषा है।"
奥塞梯语
Transliteration: àosàitīyǔ
"奥塞梯语是高加索地区的一种语言。"
오세트어
Transliteration: oseteo
"오세트어는 코카서스 지역에서 쓰이는 언어입니다."
オセット語
Transliteration: osetto-go
"オセット語はコーカサス地域で話されている言語です。"
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