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Word: altaic (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


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Adjective:

  • Of or pertaining to a hypothetical grouping of languages that includes the Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic, Manchusic, Japanese and Korean languages. The most familiar modern languages of this group include Turkish, Mongolian and, more controversially, Japanese and Korean.

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