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Definition of Altaic

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 (called also Altaic, Ural-Altaic, and Scythian), spoken in the northern parts of Europe and Asia and Central Asia; of pertaining to, or designating, the people who speak these languages.
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.

Meaning of Altaic from wikipedia

- Altaic (/ælˈteɪ.ɪk/; also called Transeurasian) is a sprachbund (i.e. a linguistic area) and proposed language family that would include the Turkic, Mongolic...
- Ural-Altaic, Uralo-Altaic or Uraltaic is a linguistic convergence zone and former language-family proposal uniting the Uralic and the Altaic (in the narrow...
- ****anese people (****anese: 日本人, Hepburn: nihonjin) are an ethnic group that is native to the ****anese archipelago and modern country of ****an, where they...
- ****onic languages. These similarities led some linguists to propose an Altaic language family, though this proposal is widely rejected by Western historical...
- and horse husbandry, agriculture, forestry, and mining. The controversial Altaic language family takes its name from this mountain range. ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠢ ‍᠊ᠢᠢᠨ ᠨᠢᠷᠤᠭᠤ...
- The Proto-Altaic language is a hypothetical extinct language that has been proposed as the common ancestor of the Altaic languages. In the 18th century...
- Asia have long been linked in a hypothetical, controversial and unproven Altaic family. These are the Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic (including Manchu), Koreanic...
- Altaic languages is a hypothetical language family that was proposed to include the Turkic, Mongolian, and Tungusic. Altaic may also refer to: Altai Mountains...
- race", corresponding to other writers' "Mongoloid race", consisted of "the Altaic, Mongol, Finnish and Tartar branches". While he saw the "white race" as...
- Koreans (South Korean: 한민족/한국인/한국사람, 韓民族/韓國人/韓國사람, Hanminjok/Hanguk-in/Hanguksaram, North Korean: 조선민족/조선인/조선사람, 朝鮮民族/朝鮮人/朝鮮사람, Joseonminjok/Joseonin/Joseonsaram...
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