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Altaic   /æltˈeɪɪk/   Listen
Altaic

noun
1.
Any member of the peoples speaking a language in the Altaic language group.
2.
A group of related languages spoken in Asia and southeastern Europe.  Synonym: Altaic language.



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"Altaic" Quotes from Famous Books



... affinity between the Dravidian and Ural-Altaic groups of languages has often been suggested but has met with scepticism. Any adequate treatment of this question demands a comparison of the earliest forms known in both groups and as to this I have no pretension to speak. But circumstances have led me to acquire at different times some practical ...
— Hinduism and Buddhism, Vol I. (of 3) - An Historical Sketch • Charles Eliot

... since the 9th century A.D. they have been called As, Russ. Jasy, Georgian Ossi), the easternmost division of the Sarmatians (see SCYTHIA), Iranian nomads with some Altaic admixture. First met with north of the Caspian, and later (c. 1st century A.D.) spreading into the steppes of Russia, the Alans made incursions into both the Danubian and the Caucasian provinces of the Roman empire. By the Huns they ...
— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia



Words linked to "Altaic" :   Mongolic language, Turko-Tatar, Turkic, Asiatic, Tungusic, Tungusic language, Korean, Ural-Altaic, Mongolic, Mongolian, Turki, Turkic language, Asian, Japanese



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