TUNGUSIC LANGUAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tungusic language mean? 

• TUNGUSIC LANGUAGE (noun)
  The noun TUNGUSIC LANGUAGE has 1 sense:

1. a family of Altaic languages spoken in Mongolia and neighboring areas

  Familiarity information: TUNGUSIC LANGUAGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TUNGUSIC LANGUAGE (noun)

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Meaning:

A family of Altaic languages spoken in Mongolia and neighboring areas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Tungusic; Tungusic language

Hypernyms ("Tungusic language" is a kind of...):

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

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

Evenki; Ewenki; Tungus; Tunguz (the Tungusic language of the Evenki in eastern Siberia)

Manchu (the Tungusic language spoken by the Manchu)