before_revision:  History Among the tribal names given in " Ashkharatsuyts " there is an ethnonym ashtigor, which is considered to be the name of the Digors . This fact, and other linguistic considerations, have led experts to believe that Digor dialect became separated from Proto-Ossetian during the Mongol conquests. In "Ashkharatsuyts" Ashtigors are given separately from Alans - the ancestors of present-day Ossetians. Also starting from the 18th century  the ethnonym digor is widely used by travelers and in Russian official documents. Based on these facts, Ossetian Soviet linguist-Iranist Vasily Abaev suppose that the Digors could be an iranized Circassian tribe and the first part of the name - dig- can have the same roots with the Circassian endonym Adyge and -or can be just a prefix for plurality as in many contemporary Caucasian languages. Digors make the majority of the Ossetians in Digoria - the western part of the North OssetiaAlania (Digorsky and Irafsky districts) and in Kabardino-Balkaria. In the beginning of the 19th century some families from Digoria resettled in Mozdoksky District and there are 2 large settlements of them. Digoria was annexed to the Russian Empire quite late compared to the rest of Ossetia. The Digors were converted to Sunni Islam in the 17-18th centuries  under the influence of the neighboring Kabarday people who introduced Islam to them. In the second half of the 19th century  large numbers of Muslim Digors emigrated to the Ottoman Empire. (see: Ossetians in Turkey) During World War II, North OssetiaAlania was occupied by German armies in 1942. While under Nazi occupation the Ossetians remained unmoved, after the Germans were forced out of the region  the Muslim Digors, like other Muslim peoples, were accused of Collaboration with the Germans and deported to Central Asia. Estimates say 50\% of the Digors died during deportation. Their reputation was rehabilitated in the mid 1950s , and they were allowed to return to their homelands   .
after_revision: Name Scholars generally link the root dig- with the Circassian endonym A-dyg-e, where the suffix -or could be a mark of plurality as found in many contemporary Caucasian languages. Ossetian Soviet linguist Vasily Abaev conjectured that the Digors may be an Iranized Circassian tribe. History The early medieval Ashkharatsuyts makes mention of the " nation of the Ash-Tigor Alans " (azg Alanac' A-Tigor), or simply the "Dikor nation" (Dik'ori-n), which is generally regarded as an early reference to the Digor . This fact, and other linguistic considerations, have led scholars to believe that Digor dialect became separated from Proto-Ossetian during the Mongol conquests. Starting from the 18th century , the ethnonym digor became widely used by travelers and in Russian official documents. Digoria was annexed to the Russian Empire quite late compared to the rest of Ossetia. The Digors were converted to Sunni Islam in the 17-18th centuries , under the influence of the neighboring Kabarday people who introduced Islam to them. In the second half of the 19th century , large numbers of Muslim Digors emigrated to the Ottoman Empire. During World War II, North OssetiaAlania was occupied by German armies in 1942. After the Germans were forced out of the region , the Muslim Digors, like other Muslim peoples, were accused of Collaboration with the Germans and deported to Central Asia. Estimates say 50\% of the Digors died during deportation. Their reputation was rehabilitated in the mid-1950s , and they were allowed to return to their homelands . Demographics Digors make the majority of the Ossetians in Digoria, the western part of the North OssetiaAlania (Digorsky and Irafsky districts), and in Kabardino-Balkaria. In the beginning of the 19th century some families from Digoria resettled in Mozdoksky District, where there are 2 large settlements of them .
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