ALL meanings of altaic
Al·ta·ic
A a - noun altaic a postulated family of languages of Asia and SE Europe, consisting of the Turkic, Mongolic, and Tungusic branches, and perhaps also Japanese, Korean, and Ainu 3
- adjective altaic denoting, belonging to, or relating to this linguistic family or its speakers 3
- adjective altaic of the Altai Mountains or the peoples living there 3
- adjective altaic designating or of a group of language families including Turkic, Mongolian, and Tungusic 3
- noun altaic this group of language families 3
- noun altaic 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. 1
- adjective altaic of or belonging to Altaic. 1
- adjective altaic of or relating to the Altai Mountains. 1
- adjective altaic Of or pertaining to a hypothetical grouping of languages that includes the Turkic, Mongolic, and Tungusic and less often the Japanese and Korean languages. The most familiar modern languages of this group include Turkish, Mongolian and, more controversially, Japanese and Korean. 0