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Definition of: Ural-Altaic
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r′əl·al·tā′ik) noun
A hypothesized family of languages embracing almost all the agglutinative languages of Europe and northern Asia, comprising the Uralic (Finno-Ugric, Samoyedic) and Altaic (Turkic, Mongolian, Manchu-Tungusic) subfamilies.
—adjective
1. Of or pertaining to the Ural and Altai mountain ranges.
2. Of, pertaining to, or designating the Ural-Altaic languages, or any of the peoples speaking any of these languages. Also called Turanian, Ugro-Altaic.
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