Altaic

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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 — 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 — 1> алтайский …   Новый большой англо-русский словарь

• 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 — алтайский …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

• Altaic — adjective Date: circa 1828 1. of or relating to the Altai Mountains 2. of, relating to, or constituting the Turkic, Tungusic, and Mongolian language families collectively …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Altaic — adjective 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 …   Wiktionary

• Altaic languages — Infobox Language family name=Altaic region=East, North, Central, and West Asia and Eastern Europe familycolor=Altaic family=One of the world s primary language families proto name=Proto Altaic child1=Turkic child2=Mongolic child3=Tungusic… …   Wikipedia