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Ethnic group
Irons
Ир, Ирæттæ / Ir, Irættæ
Total population
est. 200,000
Regions with significant populations
Russia
North Ossetia–Alania
est. 100,000
Turkey
unknown
Syria
unknown
Languages
Iron (East Ossetian), Russian, Turkish
Religion
Majority: Orthodox Christianity Minority: Uatsdin Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
Digor people
The Irons (East Ossetian: Ирон Iron, pl.: Ир Ir, Ирӕттӕ Irættæ; West Ossetian: Ирон Iron, pl.: Ирӕ Irӕ, Ирӕнттӕ Irænttæ) are a subgroup of the Ossetians. They speak the Iron dialect of the Eastern Iranian Ossetian language. The majority of Irons profess Russian Orthodoxy and a small minority profess Sunni Islam mainly in the lowland villages of North Ossetia, while the Uatsdin faith has also been preserved by a minority of Irons.
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