Altaic

Altaic
Of or pertaining to a hypothetical grouping of languages that includes the Turkic, Mongolic, and Tungusic and less often the Japanese and Korean languages. The most familiar modern languages of this group include Turkish, Mongolian and, more controversially, Japanese and Korean.

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  • Altaic — adj. 1. of or pertaining to the Altaic languages. Altaic languages [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Altaic — may refer to:* Altaic languages * Altaic peoples …   Wikipedia

  • altaic — ALTÁIC, Ă, altaici, ce, adj. Din Altai, caracteristic munţilor Altai. [pr.: ta ic] – Din fr. altaïque. Trimis de ana zecheru, 06.01.2003. Sursa: DEX 98  altáic adj. m. (sil. ta ic), pl. altáici; f. sg …   Dicționar Român

  • Altaic — n. a collective term for a group of related linguistic families including the Turkic, Tungusik and Mongolian languages, spoken over a broad area from southeastern Europe and Asia, as far east as the Pacific. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Altaic — 1832 as a linguistic family, from Fr. Altaïque, from Altaïen, from Altai, name of a mountain range in Asia …   Etymology dictionary

  • Altaic — [al tā′ik] adj. 1. of the Altai Mountains or the peoples living there 2. designating or of a group of language families including Turkic, Mongolian, and Tungusic n. this group of language families …   English World dictionary

  • Altaic — I noun 1. any member of the peoples speaking a language in the Altaic language group • Hypernyms: ↑Asian, ↑Asiatic • Hyponyms: ↑Tungusic 2. a group of related languages spoken in Asia and southeastern Europe • Syn: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Altaic — Turanian Tu*ra ni*an, a. [From Tur, the name, in Persian legendary history, of one of the three brothers from whom sprang the races of mankind.] Of, pertaining to, or designating, an extensive family of languages of simple structure and low grade …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Altaic — Altaian Al*ta ian, Altaic Al*ta ic, a. [Cf. F. alta[ i]que.] Of or pertaining to the Altai, a mountain chain in Central Asia. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Altaic — /al tay ik/, n. 1. the Turkic, Mongolian, and Tungusic language families collectively, spoken over a broad expanse of Eurasia, from southeastern Europe to the Pacific: variously considered to be a single, genetically related family, with Japanese …   Universalium

  • Altaic — adj. of or pertaining to the Altaic family of languages; of or pertaining to the Altai Mountains in central Asia n. family of languages spoken in southeastern Europe and central Asia (includes the Turkic, Mongolian, and Tungusic subfamilies) …   English contemporary dictionary

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