tungusic in English

adjective
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relating to a small family of Altaic languages of Siberia and northern China.
Korean is considered part of the Tungusic branch of the Altaic group of the Ural-Altaic language family.
noun
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the Tungusic family of languages collectively.

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1. The Altaic family is divided into three groups, Tungusic, Mongolic and Turkic

2. Manchuria was the homeland of several Tungusic tribes, including the Ulchs and Nani.

3. The Altaic languages include the Turkic, Mongolian, and Tungusic groups of languages

4. The minimal prosodic word in Manchu - Tungusic languages assumed in the present article.

5. There is a likely connection as Austronesians’ male lineage has an important Tungusic component[1],[2]

6. What does Altaic mean? A putative language family of Eurasia including Turkic, Mongolic, and Tungusic

7. Altaic - any member of the peoples speaking a language in the Altaic language group Asian , Asiatic - a native or inhabitant of Asia Tungusic - any member of a people speaking a …

8. Altaic languages Family of languages spoken by c.80 million people in parts of Turkey, Iran, Mongolia, the former Soviet Union and China.It consists of three branches: Turkic, Mongolian, and Tungusic

9. ‘The difference in algal communities between the Altaic and other glaciers is discussed together with physical and chemical conditions affecting the algae.’ 2 Denoting or belonging to a phylum or superfamily of languages which includes the Turkic, Mongolian, Tungusic, and Manchu languages.

10. Altaic definition, the Turkic, Mongolian, and Tungusic language families collectively, spoken over a broad expanse of Eurasia, from southeastern Europe to the Pacific: variously considered to be a single, genetically related family, with Japanese and Korean sometimes also included, or a group of languages with shared typologies and histories, but not genetically akin.