Ossetian

Ossetian

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600K speakers · Indo-European › Indo-Iranian · Cyrillic
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Written in the Cyrillic script. Uses SOV word order. Notable features include pronoun dropping.

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Typology

Word order SOV
Adjective before noun
Numeral before noun
Adposition both
Def. article no
Indef. article no
Pro-drop yes
Tonal no
Gender no
Noun cases yes

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Hindi Indo-IranianBengali Indo-IranianPunjabi Indo-IranianMarathi Indo-IranianUrdu Indo-IranianGujarati Indo-IranianPersian Indo-IranianBhojpuri Indo-Iranian
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