Iron dialect

Iron
Native to	Russia, Georgia
Region	North Ossetia, South Ossetia
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Eastern Northeastern Scythian Ossetian Iron
Dialects	Ir Tagaur Alagir Kurtat
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Linguist List	oss-iro

Iron (Ossetic: Ирон, Iron or Ирон æвзаг, Iron ævzag) is one of the two main dialects of the Ossetic language, spoken in the Caucasus. The majority of the Ossetians speak Iron, notably in the East, South and Central parts of North Ossetia–Alania, while in the West the Digor dialect is more prevalent. The Iron dialect is the basis of the Ossetian written language.

See also

• Ossetians
• North Ossetia–Alania
• Iron people