ural altaic
/ˌjʊrəl ælˈteɪɪk/
noun
- The hypothetical language family that combines Uralic and Altaic languages.
- Scholars once debated whether Ural-Altaic was a real language group.
- The idea of Ural-Altaic is now considered outdated by most experts.
- Many languages in northern Asia were classified under Ural-Altaic in the 19th century.
adjective
- Relating to a proposed language family that includes the Uralic and Altaic languages, though this grouping is not widely accepted by modern linguists.
- Some older textbooks describe a Ural-Altaic language family that includes Finnish and Turkish.
- She wrote a paper comparing Ural-Altaic grammar features across different languages.
- The Ural-Altaic theory has been largely abandoned by linguists today.