1. altaic - Noun
2. altaic - Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Altai, a mountain chain in Central Asia.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAccording to this view, the eight-vowel system of ancient Japanese would resemble that of the Uralic and Altaic language families. Source: Internet
Furthermore, they argued that many of the typological features of the supposed Altaic languages, such as agglutinative morphology and subject–object–verb (SOV) word order, usually simultaneously occur in languages. Source: Internet
Bomhard (2008) treats Uralic, Altaic and Indo-European as Eurasiatic daughter groups on equal footing. Source: Internet
Einführung in die altaische Sprachwissenschaft I. Lautlehre, 'Introduction to Altaic Linguistics, Volume 1: Phonology', edited and published by Pentti Aalto. Source: Internet
For instance, Altaic languages are proposed to have a rounding harmony superimposed over a backness harmony. Source: Internet
"Genetic connections among the Altaic languages." Source: Internet