Digor dialect
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The Digor dialect is one of two major dialects of the Ossetic language, an eastern Iranian language spoken in the northern Caucasus by the Ossetes. The other dialect is Iron, which is spoken by the majority of Ossetes and forms the basis of the literary language. Digor is considered the more archaic of the two dialects, with Iron words often being a syllable shorter than their Digor counterparts. For example, the word for "mother" is madƤ in Digor and mad in Iron.12
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- Ossetic language
ā¦Iron, and (2) western, called Digor. The majority of the Ossetes speak Iron, which is the basis of the literary language now written in the Cyrillic alphabet. Ossetic is the modern descendant of the language of the ancient Alani, a Sarmatian people, and the medieval As. It preserves many archaicā¦
Read Moreā¦Iron, and (2) western, called Digor. The majority of the Ossetes speak Iron, which is the basis of the literary language now written in the Cyrillic alphabet. Ossetic is the modern descendant of the language of the ancient Alani, a Sarmatian people, and the medieval As. It preserves many archaicā¦
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ā¦and the western, known as Digor (Digoron). Of those, Digor is the more archaic, Iron words being often a syllable shorter than their Digor counterpartsāe.g., Digor madƤ, Iron mad āmother.ā Iron is spoken by the majority of Ossetic speakers and is the basis of the literary language. Chosen in theā¦
Read Moreā¦and the western, known as Digor (Digoron). Of those, Digor is the more archaic, Iron words being often a syllable shorter than their Digor counterpartsāe.g., Digor madƤ, Iron mad āmother.ā Iron is spoken by the majority of Ossetic speakers and is the basis of the literary language. Chosen in theā¦
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