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2.
[syn: Altaic, Altaic language]
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. of or pertaining to or written in Altaic;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Turanian \Tu*ra"ni*an\, pr. a. [From Tur, the name, in Persian
legendary history, of one of the three brothers from whom
sprang the races of mankind.]
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an extensive family of
languages of simple structure and low grade (called also
Altaic, Ural-Altaic, and Scythian), spoken in the
northern parts of Europe and Asia and in Central Asia; of
pertaining to, or designating, the people who speak these
languages.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Altaian \Al*ta"ian\, Altaic \Al*ta"ic\, a. [Cf. F. alta["i]que.]
Of or pertaining to the Altai, a mountain chain in Central
Asia.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Altaic \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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Altaic \Altaic\ adj.
1. of or pertaining to the Altaic languages. Altaic languages
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Altaic
adj 1: of or pertaining to or written in Altaic
n 1: any member of the peoples speaking a language in the Altaic
language group
2: a group of related languages spoken in Asia and southeastern
Europe [syn: Altaic, Altaic language]