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Alanic language
Alanic was the Eastern Iranian language of the Alans, a nomadic people of the steppes north of the Caucasus in late antiquity and the Middle Ages. It is known only from names, a few words and short texts, among them Alan phrases recorded by the twelfth-century Byzantine writer John Tzetzes. Modern Ossetian, spoken in North and South Ossetia, is its direct descendant.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Alanic language. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/alanic-language
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