Subgroups
- Iron in the east and south form a larger group of Ossetians. Irons are divided into several subgroups: Kudar, Tual (including Urstual), Chsan and North Irons.
- Kudar (sometimes misspelled Tual, after the indigenous Dvals people), the southern group of Ossetians.
- Tual in the central part of Ossetia.
- Chsan in the east of South Ossetia.
- Digoron in the west. They came under the influence of the neighbouring Kabarday people who introduced Islam. Today the two main Digoron districts in North Ossetia are Digora district or Digorskiy rayon (with Digora as its centre) and Irafskiy rayon or Iraf district (with Chikola as its centre). Digora district is Christian while some parts of Iraf district are Muslim. The dialect spoken in Digor part of North Osetia is Digoron, the most archaic form of Ossetian language.
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