Alternate Names: Osetin, Ossetian
Dialects: Digor, Iron.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 451,000 in Russian Federation (2010 census). Population total all countries: 577,450. Ethnic population: 529,000 (2010 census).
Language Development: Bible: 2010.
Writing System: Cyrillic
Nation of Origin: Russian Federation
Other Comments: Christian (Orthodox), Muslim (Sunni).