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altaic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun altaic has 2 senses
- altaic(n = noun.person) Array - any member of the peoples speaking a language in the Altaic language group; Array is a kind of asian, asiatic
- altaic(n = noun.communication) altaic language - a group of related languages spoken in Asia and southeastern Europe; Array has particulars: turki, turkic, turkic language, turko-tatar, tungusic, tungusic language, mongolian, mongolic, mongolic language, korean, japanese
has particulars: tungusic
Derived form adjective altaic1
is a kind of ural-altaic
Derived form adjective altaic1
Adjective altaic has 1 sense
- altaic(a = adj.pert) Array - of or pertaining to or written in Altaic; Array Derived forms noun altaic2, noun altaic1
CIDE DICTIONARY
altaic, a. [Cf. F. altaïque.].
Of or pertaining to the Altai, a mountain chain in Central Asia. [1913 Webster]
altaic, n.
a collective term for a group of related linguistic families including the Turkic, Tungusik and Mongolian languages, spoken over a broad area from southeastern Europe and Asia, as far east as the Pacific. [PJC]
altaic, adj.
of or pertaining to the Altaic languages. [WordNet 1.5]
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