adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   a group of related languages spoken in Asia and southeastern Europe wordnet
2. 2
   any member of the peoples speaking a language in the Altaic language group wordnet

Adjective

1. 1
   Of or pertaining to a grouping of languages (formerly proposed to be a language family, now generally considered a sprachbund by linguists) that includes the Turkic languages (e.g. Turkish), the Mongolic (e.g. Mongolian) and Tungusic (e.g. Xibe) languages, and less often the Japonic and Koreanic languages. not-comparable

Adjective

1. 1
   of or pertaining to or written in Altaic wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

altaic language

Example

More examples

"These are all languages of the Altaic language family group."

Etymology

From Altai + -ic.

Related phrases

Macro-AltaicMicro-AltaicProto-AltaicUral-Altaic

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