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Altaic

Syllabification: (Al·ta·ic)
Pronunciation: /alˈtāik/

Definition of Altaic

adjective

  • 1of or relating to the Altai Mountains.
  • 2denoting or belonging to a phylum of languages that includes the Turkic, Mongolian, Tungusic, and Manchu languages. They are characterized by agglutination and vowel harmony.

noun

  • the Altaic family of languages.

Altaic in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Altaic in the British & World English dictionary