Langenesis

Indo-European family

Ossetian

c. 1300 CE – today Living

Ossetian (c. 1300 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Indo-Iranian → Proto-Iranian → Scythian → Alanic → Ossetian.

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Speakers
600K (600,000)
ISO 639-3
oss
Glottocode
osse1243

Eastern Iranian language of the central Caucasus (North and South Ossetia), with Iron and Digor dialects; heavy Caucasian areal influence.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2,500 BCE – 1,800 BCE
  3. Proto-Iranianc. 1,800 BCE – 1,000 BCE
  4. Scythianc. 800 BCE – 400 CE
  5. Alanicc. 100 CE – 1300 CE
  6. Ossetianc. 1300 CE – today

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