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The Ossetians (/ɒˈsiːʃənz/ oss-EE-shənz or /ɒˈsɛtiənz/ oss-ET-ee-ənz;[25] Ossetian: ир, ирæттæ / дигорӕ, дигорӕнттӕ, romanized: ir, irættæ / digoræ, digorænttæ),[26] also known as Ossetes (/ˈɒsiːts/ OSS-eets),[26] Ossets (/ˈɒsɪts/ OSS-its),[26] and Alans (/ˈælənz/ AL-ənz), are an Iranian[27][28][29][30] ethnic group who are indigenous to Ossetia, a region situated across the northern and southern sides of the Caucasus Mountains.[31][32][33] They natively speak Ossetian, an Eastern Iranian language of the Indo-European language family, with most also being fluent in Russian as a second language