Ossetic

• Alternate names: Osetin, Ossetian Also: in Georgia -- Osetin, Ossete, Ossetian; in Azerbaijan -- Osetin; in Kazakhstan -- Osetin; in Tajikistan -- Osetin; in Turkmenistan -- Osetin; in Ukraine -- Osetin; in Uzbekistan -- Osetin; in Turkey -- Osetin, Ossete
• Scriptures published: Bible (2010) New Testament (1848--2004) Portions (1848--1984)
• Literacy: No information available.
• Primary country: Russian Federation
• Region: North Ossetia-Alania Republic, north of South Ossetia in Georgia
• Also used in: Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
• Religion: Christian (Orthodox), Muslim (Sunni)
• Status: Statutory language of provincial identity in Russian Federation
• Number of users: 577,450 (451,000; 100,000 in Georgia (Johnstone and Mandryk 2001); 2,520 in Azerbaijan (2000); 3,490 in Kazakhstan; 8,000 in Tajikistan; 1,890 in Turkmenistan; 4,550 in Ukraine; 6,000 in Uzbekistan; )

(data from Ethnologue and other sources)

Scripture

• Faith Comes by Hearing:
• Forum of Bible Agencies International: Find a Bible in Ossetic
• World Bibles: all known Scripture available in Ossetic on the web
• Joshua Project: Ossetic — facts and resources

Other

• ScriptSource: writing systems of the world
• Ethnologue entry for Ossetic — detailed linguistic information.