Altaic

Obsolete, widely rejected supergroup of Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic, Koreanic and Japonic language families

Languagelanguage family sprachbundQ37845

Also known as Transeurasian languages · Altaic languages

Subclass of: Nostratic
, Asian languages

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The Altaic languages or Altaic sprachbund are a sprachbund comprising the Turkic, Mongolic and Tungusic language families. 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, Mongolic, and Tungusic languages are better explained by areal convergence rather than a shared genetic lineage. There is still, however, a significant faction of academics advocating for the language label, as the debate is still running.

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Members / parts: Turkic
Mongolic
Tungusic
Linguistic typology: agglutinative language
subject–object–verb
Different from: Altai
Follows: Proto-Altaic

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