altaic
/al-tey-ik/US // ælˈteɪ ɪk //UK // (ælˈteɪɪk) //
阿尔泰语,阿尔泰,阿尔泰斯,阿尔泰克
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : the Turkic, Mongolian, and Tungusic language families collectively, spoken over a broad expanse of Eurasia, from southeastern Europe to the Pacific: variously considered to be a single, genetically related family, with Japanese and Korean sometimes also included, or a group of languages with shared typologies and histories, but not genetically akin.
adj.形容词 adjective
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- : of or belonging to Altaic.
- : of or relating to the Altai Mountains.
Examples
We may at least suspect that the Slavic vowel is not historically unconnected with its Ural-Altaic parallels.
In the case of the Altaic races which we are considering, cause and effect mutually strengthened each other.
Aston, in a pamphlet on the Altaic tongues, cites an instance which is so much to the point that I venture to repeat it here.
They belong to the Finnish family, and consequently to the Ural-Altaic division of the human race.
Turkish is the westernmost representative of a great group of languages, best known, perhaps, as the Ural-Altaic family.
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