Altaic

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ælˈteɪ.ɪk/

Adjective

Altaic (not comparable)

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 Japanese and Korean languages.

Translations

• French: altaïque
• German: altaisch
• Portuguese: altaico
• Russian: алта́йский
• Spanish: altaico

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