| Digor | |
|---|---|
| дигорон ӕвзаг (digoron ævzag) | |
| Pronunciation | [ˈdigo̞ɾo̞nʌvˈzɑg] |
| Native to | North Caucasus |
| Ethnicity | Digors (West Ossetians) |
Native speakers | c. 100,000 (2010)[1] |
| Cyrillic(current) Latin(historical) | |
| Official status | |
Official language in |  Russia |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | osd |
| Glottolog | digo1242 |
Digor Ossetian (/ˈdɪɡər/;Ossetian:дигорон ӕвзаг,romanized: digoron ævzag,pronounced[ˈdigo̞ɾo̞nʌvˈzɑg]), also known asDigor Ossetic orDigor-Ossetic, is adialect of theOssetian language spoken by theDigor subgroup. It is far less widely spoken than theIron dialect, the standard Ossetian dialect. The two are distinct enough to sometimes be considered separate languages; in his 2003 Digor–Russian dictionary, the compilerFedar Takazov refers to a "Digor language", but the editor in the same book uses "Digor dialect".
Digor is spoken in the west of theRepublic of North Ossetia (Digora,Chikola, etc.) and in neighboringKabardino-Balkaria.[2] Digor is used far less than Iron at about a one-to-five ratio and is nearly non-existent in theRepublic of South Ossetia.[2]
Digor and Iron are not mutually comprehensible, as there are about 2,500 words in the Digor dialect that do not exist in the Iron dialect, and some North Ossetian scholars still consider Digor a separate language, as it was considered until 1937.[2] The phonetic, morphological, and lexical differences between the two dialects are greater than betweenChechen andIngush, often considered two separate languages.[2]
In 2011 North Ossetia launched a Digor language version of theREGNUM News Agency and adopted two efforts to promote the study of the Digor for young students whose parents have forgotten the dialect, covering the periods 2008–2012 and 2013–2015 respectively.[2] Additionally, at this time, the government of North Ossetia started offeringtextbooks in Digor.[2]
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