Altaic

See also: altaic

English

Etymology

Altai +‎ -ic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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 Japonic and Koreanic languages.

Derived terms

• Macro-Altaic
• Micro-Altaic
• Ural-Altaic

Translations

pertaining to the group of languages

• Arabic: أَلْتَائِيّ (ʔaltāʔiyy), أَلْطَائِيّ (ʔalṭāʔiyy)
• Catalan: altaic
• Dutch: Altaïsch (nl)
• Finnish: altailainen
• French: altaïque (fr)
• German: altaisch
• Persian: آلتایی (âltâyi)
• Polish: ałtajski (pl)
• Portuguese: altaico (pt)
• Russian: алта́йский (ru) (altájskij)
• Spanish: altaico
• Tajik: олтоӣ (oltoyī)