Digor dialect

E124251

The Digor dialect is a major variety of the Ossetian language spoken primarily in the western regions of North Ossetia–Alania and parts of the central Caucasus.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Digor dialect canonical 2
Digor dialect of Ossetian 1
Iron dialect 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect ⓘ
variety of Ossetian language ⓘ
belongsTo Ossetian literary and oral tradition ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Iron dialect ⓘ
endangeredStatus vulnerable ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Digor Ossetian ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature SOV word order tendency ⓘ
case system typical of Ossetian ⓘ
postpositions ⓘ
hasHistoricalOrigin descended from Scytho-Sarmatian dialect continuum ⓘ
hasISOStatus not assigned a separate ISO 639-3 code from Ossetian ⓘ
hasLexicalFeature lexicon partly distinct from Iron dialect ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature consonant inventory differing from Iron dialect ⓘ
vowel system distinct from Iron dialect ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticFeature often considered lower-prestige compared to Iron dialect ⓘ
subject to language shift toward Russian and Iron dialect ⓘ
hasStandardizationLevel less standardized than Iron dialect ⓘ
hasStatus minority dialect in the Russian Federation ⓘ
influencedBy Russian language ⓘ
neighboring Caucasian languages ⓘ
languageFamily Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
Indo-European languages ⓘ
Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Iranian languages ⓘ
lessMutuallyIntelligibleThan Iron dialect compared to intra-dialectal varieties ⓘ
mutuallyIntelligibleWith Iron dialect of Ossetian language ⓘ
linked to: Ossetian language
partOf Ossetian linguistic heritage ⓘ
recognizedAs dialect of Ossetian in linguistic literature ⓘ
regionOfOrigin Caucasus ⓘ
western Ossetia ⓘ
linked to: Ossetia
spokenBy Digor Ossetians ⓘ
linked to: Ossetians

Ossetians ⓘ
spokenIn North Ossetia–Alania ⓘ
linked to: North Ossetia

Russian Federation ⓘ
linked to: Russia

central Caucasus ⓘ
western regions of North Ossetia–Alania ⓘ
subdivisionOf Ossetian language ⓘ
usedBy rural communities in western North Ossetia–Alania ⓘ
usedFor local cultural expression ⓘ
oral communication ⓘ
usedIn local education in some areas of North Ossetia–Alania ⓘ
writingSystem Cyrillic script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ossetian language → hasDialects → Digor dialect ⓘ
Ирон → hasAlternativeName → Iron dialect ⓘ
subject linked to: Ирон (Iron)
linked to: Digor dialect
Ирон → contrastedWith → Digor dialect ⓘ
subject linked to: Ирон (Iron)
North Ossetian language authorities → appliesToLanguageVariety → Digor dialect of Ossetian ⓘ
linked to: Digor dialect