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Altaic ( / ælˈteɪ.ɪk /) is a controversial proposed language family [2] that would include the Turkic, Mongolic and Tungusic language families and possibly also the Japonic and Koreanic languages.
Altaic languages, group of languages consisting of three language families—Turkic, Mongolian, and Manchu-Tungus—that show noteworthy similarities in vocabulary, morphological and syntactic structure, and certain phonological features. Some, but not all, scholars of those languages argue for their.
Apr 30, 2020 · The Altaic languages comprise three language families: Turkic, Tungusic and Mongolic. Therefore, we’ll break the languages down by family.
Altaic languages are spoken across Eurasia by more than 140 million people (the overwhelming majority of whom speak Turkic languages). Most scholars consider Altaic itself to be a family, of proven genetic relationship, though a minority attribute similarities in the languages to borrowings and areal convergence.
In popular conception, Altaic is often assumed to constitute a language family, or perhaps a phylum, but in reality, it involves a historical, areal, and typological complex of five separate language families of different origins—Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic, Koreanic, and Japonic—to which Uralic also adheres in the transcontinental context ...
Altaic ( / ælˈteɪ.ɪk /) is a controversial proposed language family that would include the Turkic, Mongolic and Tungusic language families and possibly also the Japonic and Koreanic languages.: 73 The hypothetical language family has long been rejected by most comparative linguists, although it continues to be supported by a small but stable sch...
Feb 25, 2014 · Introduction. The term “Altaic” is commonly applied by linguists to a number of language families, spread across Central Asia and the Far East, that share a significant number of structural and morphemic similarities.
