
Altaic languages - Wikipedia
The Altaic (/ æ l ˈ t eɪ. ɪ k /) languages are a group of languages comprising the Turkic, Mongolic and Tungusic language families, with some linguists including the Koreanic and Japonic …
Altaic languages | Turkic, Mongolic & Tungusic | Britannica
Altaic languages, group of languages consisting of three language families—Turkic, Mongolian, and Manchu-Tungus—that show noteworthy similarities in vocabulary, morphological and …
Ural-Altaic languages - Wikipedia
Ural-Altaic, Uralo-Altaic, Uraltaic, or Turanic is a linguistic convergence zone and abandoned language-family proposal uniting the Uralic and the Altaic (in the narrow sense) languages.
Altaic languages and their status as a language family | Britannica
Altaic languages are spoken across Eurasia by more than 140 million people (the overwhelming majority of whom speak Turkic languages). Most scholars consider Altaic itself to be a family, …
The Unity and Diversity of Altaic | Annual Reviews
The present review summarizes the basic facts concerning the Altaic language families, their common features, their patterns of interaction with each other and with other languages, and …
ALTAIC - Encyclopaedia Iranica
Nov 17, 2017 · ALTAIC, The Altaic peoples and languages are distributed around 45° north latitude, from eastern Europe to the Pacific Ocean. Until recently, the Altaic language family …
A Brief Exploration of the Altaic Hypothesis - Linguistics
A Brief Exploration of the Altaic Hypothesis. The Altai Mountains lie at the crossroads of Southern Siberian, Mongolia, and China. It is from these mountains, believed to be the area of origin of …
Altaic | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
Altaic meaning: 1. relating to a possible group of languages that may include the Turkic, Tungusic, and Mongolian…. Learn more.
Altaic Languages | Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Linguistics
“Altaic” is a common term applied by linguists to a number of language families, spread across Central Asia and the Far East and sharing a large, most likely non-coincidental, number of …
Altaic Languages - Linguistics - Oxford Bibliographies
Feb 25, 2014 · The term “Altaic” is commonly applied by linguists to a number of language families, spread across Central Asia and the Far East, that share a significant number of …