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Altaic languages

The Altaic languages (/æl.ˈteɪ.ɪk/ ⓘ, al-TAY-ik) or Altaic sprachbund are a sprachbund comprising the Turkic, Mongolic and Tungusic language families.: 73 The grouping was previously proposed as a language family, a theory which found support in the 20th century but is now rejected by many linguists, who have concluded the similarities among Turkic…

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Geographic distribution
Northern, Eastern, and Central Asia, Eastern and Southeastern Europe, Caucasus
Glottolog
None
ISO 639-2 / 5
tut
Linguistic classification
Initially proposed as a major language family, the Altaic grouping is now considered by the majority of linguists as obsolete, with its similarities attributed to areal converge…
Proto-language
Proto-Altaic
Subdivisions
Turkic · Mongolic · Tungusic

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Altaic languages

Nodes132
Edges131
Triples38
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015152
Components1

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Altaic languages

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related to External links · 20
Altaic languages → Alexander Vovin, Alexis Manaster Ramer, Altaic, Anna, Archived, August, Clarification, Dybo, Ilya GruntovAltaic Etymological Dictionary, LINGUIST List, Marshall Unger, Monumenta, Mudrak, Oleg, Remarks, Sergei, Starostin, Swadesh, Wayback Machine, Wiktionary's Swadesh-list
related to Modern controversy · 10
Altaic languages → Altaic, Clauson, Doerfer, Eurasia, Finno-Ugric, He, In, Indo-European, Roy Miller, Sergei Starostin
Subdivisions · 3
Altaic languages → Mongolic, Tungusic, Turkic
Geographic distribution · 1
Altaic languages → Northern, Eastern, and Central Asia, Eastern and Southeastern Europe, Caucasus
Glottolog · 1
Altaic languages → None
ISO 639-2 / 5 · 1
Altaic languages → tut
Linguistic classification · 1
Altaic languages → Initially proposed as a major language family, the Altaic grouping is now considered by the majority of linguists as obsolete, with its similarities attributed to areal converge…
Proto-language · 1
Altaic languages → Proto-Altaic

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altaic languages mongolic tungusic turkic language korean family japanese japonic starostin common proposed also families koreanic linguists sprachbund grouping group

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Altaic languagesGeographic distributionNorthern, Eastern, and Central Asia, Eastern and Southeastern Europe, Caucasus1.00infobox
Altaic languagesGlottologNone1.00infobox
Altaic languagesISO 639-2 / 5tut1.00infobox
Altaic languagesLinguistic classificationInitially proposed as a major language family, the Altaic grouping is now considered by the majority of linguists as obsolete, with its similarities attributed to areal converge…1.00infobox
Altaic languagesProto-languageProto-Altaic1.00infobox
Altaic languagesSubdivisionsTurkic1.00infobox
Altaic languagesSubdivisionsMongolic1.00infobox
Altaic languagesSubdivisionsTungusic1.00infobox
Altaic languagesrelated to External linksSwadesh0.60section
Altaic languagesrelated to External linksAltaic0.60section
Altaic languagesrelated to External linksArchived0.60section
Altaic languagesrelated to External linksAugust0.60section

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