Definitions of Altaic
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a group of related languages spoken in Asia and southeastern Europe
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synonyms:
Altaic language
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types:
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Turki, Turkic, Turkic language, Turko-Tatar
a subfamily of Altaic languages
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Tungusic, Tungusic language
a family of Altaic languages spoken in Mongolia and neighboring areas
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Mongolian, Mongolic, Mongolic language
a family of Altaic language spoken in Mongolia
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Korean
the Altaic language spoken by Koreans
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Japanese
the language (usually considered to be Altaic) spoken by the Japanese
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Turkish
a Turkic language spoken by the Turks
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Turcoman, Turkmen, Turkoman
the Turkic language spoken by the Turkoman
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Azerbaijani
the Turkic language spoken by the Azerbaijani
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Kazak, Kazakh
the Turkic language spoken by the Kazak
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Tatar
the Turkic language spoken by the Tatar living from the Volga to the Ural Mountains
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Usbeg, Usbek, Uzbak, Uzbeg, Uzbek
the Turkic language spoken by the Uzbek
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Uighur, Uigur, Uygur
the Turkic language spoken by approximately 7,000,000 Uighur in extreme northwestern China
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Yakut
the Turkic language spoken by the Yakut
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Khirghiz, Kirghiz, Kirgiz
the Turkic language spoken by the Kirghiz
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Karakalpak
the Turkic language spoken by the Karakalpak
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Chuvash
the Turkic language spoken by the Chuvash
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Chagatai, Eastern Turki, Jagatai, Jaghatai
a Turkic literary language of medieval central Asia (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan)
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Evenki, Ewenki, Tungus, Tunguz
the Tungusic language of the Evenki in eastern Siberia
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Manchu
the Tungusic language spoken by the Manchu
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Kalka, Khalka, Khalkha
the language of the Khalkha that is the official language of the Mongolian People's Republic
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Ryukyuan
the language (related to Japanese) that is spoken by the people of the Ryukyu Islands
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Ural-Altaic
a (postulated) group of languages including many of the indigenous languages of Russia (but not Russian)
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of or pertaining to or written in Altaic
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any member of the peoples speaking a language in the Altaic language group
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types:
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Tungusic
any member of a people speaking a language in the Tungusic family
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Evenk, Tungus
a member of the Tungus speaking people of Mongolian race who are a nomadic people widely spread over eastern Siberia; related to the Manchu
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Manchu
a member of the Manchu speaking people of Mongolian race of Manchuria; related to the Tungus; conquered China in the 17th century
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Tungusic
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