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altaic language
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Altaic languages
Altaic is a proposed language family of central Eurasia, now widely seen as discredited. Various versions included the Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic, Koreanic, and Japonic languages. These languages are spoken in a wide arc stretching from northeast Asia through Central Asia to Anatolia and eastern Europe. The group is named after the Altai Mountains, a mountain range in Central Asia.
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Altaic language
Noun
1. a group of related languages spoken in Asia and southeastern Europe
(synonym) Altaic
(hypernym) Ural-Altaic
(hyponym) Turki, Turkic, Turko-Tatar, Turkic language
