Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Altaic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Turanian \Tu*ra"ni*an\, a. [From Tur, the name, in Persian
legendary history, of one of the three brothers from whom
sprang the races of mankind.]
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an extensive family of
languages of simple structure and low grade (called also
{Altaic}, {Ural-Altaic}, and {Scythian}), spoken in the
northern parts of Europe and Asia and Central Asia; of
pertaining to, or designating, the people who speak these
languages.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Altaian \Al*ta"ian\, Altaic \Al*ta"ic\, a. [Cf. F. alta["i]que.]
Of or pertaining to the Altai, a mountain chain in Central
Asia.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Altaic
adj : of or pertaining to or written in Altaic [syn: {Altaic}]
n 1: any member of the peoples speaking a language in the Altaic
language group [syn: {Altaic}]
2: a group of related languages spoken in Asia and southeastern
Europe [syn: {Altaic}, {Altaic language}]
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