Ural-Altaic
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U·ral-Al·ta·ic
(yo͝or′əl-ăl-tā′ĭk)n.
A hypothetical language group that comprises the Uralic and Altaic language families. Also called Turanian.
U′ral-Al·ta′ic adj.
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Ural-Altaic
n
(Languages) a postulated group of related languages consisting of the Uralic and Altaic families of languages
adj
(Languages) of or relating to this group of languages, characterized by agglutination and vowel harmony
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U′ral-Alta′ic
n.
a hypothesized language family that includes the Uralic family and the Altaic languages.
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| Noun | 1. | Ural-Altaic - a (postulated) group of languages including many of the indigenous languages of Russia (but not Russian) natural language, tongue - a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language Altaic language, Altaic - a group of related languages spoken in Asia and southeastern Europe Uralic, Uralic language - a family of Ural-Altaic languages |
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