Altaic
pronunciation
How to pronounce Altaic in British English:
UK [ælˈteiik]
How to pronounce Altaic in American English:
US [ælˈteɪk]
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- Noun:
- any member of the peoples speaking a language in the Altaic language group
- a group of related languages spoken in Asia and southeastern Europe
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- Adjective:
- of or pertaining to or written in Altaic
Word Origin
- Altaic
- 1832 as a linguistic family, from French Altaïque, from Altaïen, from Altai, name of a mountain range in Asia.
Example
- 1. On altaic common language and xiongnu language .
- 2. Development and summing-up of altaic studies .
- 3. Altaic languages , including mongolian , turkish , three full tungus language .
- 4. Azeri is a turkic language , belonging to the southern branch of the altaic language family ( therefore non indo-european ) .
- 5. Comparative study on water of immortality myths shared by altaic language ethnics and japanese .