Altaic

Al·ta·ic  (l-tk)

n.

A putative language family of Europe and Asia that includes the Turkic, Tungusic, and Mongolian subfamilies.

adj.

1. Of or relating to the Altai Mountains.

2. Of or relating to Altaic.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Altaic - any member of the peoples speaking a language in the Altaic language group Asian, Asiatic - a native or inhabitant of Asia Tungusic - any member of a people speaking a language in the Tungusic family
	2.	Altaic - a group of related languages spoken in Asia and southeastern Europe Altaic language Turkic, Turkic language, Turko-Tatar, Turki - a subfamily of Altaic languages Tungusic language, Tungusic - a family of Altaic languages spoken in Mongolia and neighboring areas Mongolic, Mongolic language, Mongolian - 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 Ural-Altaic - a (postulated) group of languages including many of the indigenous languages of Russia (but not Russian)
Adj.	1.	Altaic - of or pertaining to or written in Altaic