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An Altaic language is one of a family of languages used in Asia and southeastern Europe - the name comes from the Altai mountains. These include Turkic, Mongolian, Tungusic and Manchu (and maybe more).

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Is Korean an indo-European language?

Korean (language) is a language isolate. Although Korean has sometimes been categorized with the Altaic language family, this view is now rather outdated.


Is Finnish a Germanic or Slavic language?

Neither, it's a Ural-Altaic language more related to central and northern asian languages than most european ones, which are Indo-European


Tibetans have a language that is most closely related to which language?

the tibetan language is most closely related to burmese.the tibetan script/alphabet is indic in origin.the tibetan language and Chinese languages are very different in grammar.tibetan sentence order being Subject-Object-Verb and Chinese being Subject-Verb-Object.although tibetan and Chinese do share a handful of words in common,just like how Chinese and Korean share some words in common,tibetan should not be classified with Chinese.Korean is also not classified in the Chinese language family.Korean is a language isolate,meaning it does not belong to a language family although some scientists suggest an altaic origin.Korean and other altaic languages have the same sentence order as tibetan i.e SOV.these altaic speaking peoples are mostly nomadic like the tibetans and mongols. currently tibetan is classified in the "sino-tibetan" language family even though the tibetan and Chinese language have nothing in common besides a few words.the CCP uses this classification to justify its occupation on Tibet.


There are only about major language branches throughout the world.?

There are around 7 major language families in the world, including Indo-European, Sino-Tibetan, Afro-Asiatic, Niger-Congo, Austronesian, Dravidian, and Altaic. Each of these language families contains numerous languages that share a common ancestor.


Significant nomadic peoples who spoke a language derived from a single parent tongue were the what?

The Turks and Mongols were significant nomadic peoples who spoke languages derived from a single parent tongue. The Turkic languages and Mongolic languages, respectively, have common origins and are branches of the larger Altaic language family.

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Is there an Altaic language family?

That is controversial, but there is. Altaic is a proposed language family that includes the Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic, and Japonic language families and the Korean language. The group is named after the Altai Mountains, a mountain range in Central Asia.


Is Turkish an Altaic language?

Very probably but not absolutely sure, after the opinion of some specialists.


What are language families?

Language families are groups of related languages that descend from a common ancestor language. Examples include the Indo-European, Afro-Asiatic, and Turko-Altaic language families.


What is the most important language family in middle east?

The Semitic language family tree is the most important, followed by the Indo-European and Altaic trees.


Are Turkish and kurdish languages similar?

No. Turkish is an Altaic Language. Kurdish is an Indo-European Language. Kurdish is much closer to Farsi (the language of Iran) than Arabic or Turkish.


How do you spell eltaic?

The language group "Altaic" refers to spoken languages from Eastern Europe through Asia Minor.


Are there still Altaic people in Korea?

Altaic is a proposed linguistic classification that includes, in its Macro-Altaic form, the Turkic, Mongolic, and Tungusic languages, and at times Koreanic and Japonic, the former more often than the latter. In this linguistic sense, Koreans are "Altaic speakers" if you accept the linguistic classification as being true. However, since Altaic is not an ethnic classification, it is not meaningful to ask about whether there are still "Altaic people" in Korea. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altaic_languages for more details about the usage of "Altaic" in the academic sense.


Is Korean an indo-European language?

Korean (language) is a language isolate. Although Korean has sometimes been categorized with the Altaic language family, this view is now rather outdated.


Is the Turkish language close to the Arabic language?

No. Turkish has numerous loanwords from Arabic, but does not use Arabic grammar, Arabic base-words, Arabic letters (such as gutturals or emphatics), and retains many unique, Altaic properties such as agglutination.


How do you say small in Altaic?

punta gorda


Is Finnish a Germanic or Slavic language?

Neither, it's a Ural-Altaic language more related to central and northern asian languages than most european ones, which are Indo-European


Of a family of Asian languages?

Ural-Altaic Puzzler