ALTAIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Altaic mean? 

• ALTAIC (noun)
  The noun ALTAIC has 2 senses:

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

  Familiarity information: ALTAIC used as a noun is rare.

• ALTAIC (adjective)
  The adjective ALTAIC has 1 sense:

1. of or pertaining to or written in Altaic

  Familiarity information: ALTAIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALTAIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any member of the peoples speaking a language in the Altaic language group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Altaic" is a kind of...):

Asian; Asiatic (a native or inhabitant of Asia)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Altaic"):

Tungusic (any member of a people speaking a language in the Tungusic family)

Derivation:

Altaic (of or pertaining to or written in Altaic)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A group of related languages spoken in Asia and southeastern Europe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Altaic; Altaic language

Hypernyms ("Altaic" is a kind of...):

Ural-Altaic (a (postulated) group of languages including many of the indigenous languages of Russia (but not Russian))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Altaic"):

Turki; Turkic; Turkic language; Turko-Tatar (a subfamily of Altaic languages)

Tungusic; Tungusic language (a family of Altaic languages spoken in Mongolia and neighboring areas)

Mongolian; Mongolic; Mongolic language (a family of Altaic language spoken in Mongolia)

Korean (the Altaic language spoken by Koreans)

Japanese (the language (usually considered to be Altaic) spoken by the Japanese)

Derivation:

Altaic (of or pertaining to or written in Altaic)

• ALTAIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or pertaining to or written in Altaic

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Altaic (a group of related languages spoken in Asia and southeastern Europe)

Derivation:

Altaic (a group of related languages spoken in Asia and southeastern Europe)

Altaic (any member of the peoples speaking a language in the Altaic language group)