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Ural-Altaic   /jˈʊrəl-æltˈeɪɪk/   Listen
Ural-Altaic

noun
1.
A (postulated) group of languages including many of the indigenous languages of Russia (but not Russian).





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"Ural-altaic" Quotes from Famous Books



... before them and gradually took possession of the entire land. That these conquerors were not all of the same stock is proved by the physical appearance of the Japanese to-day, and by their language. Through these the student traces an early mixture of races—the Malay, the Mongolian, and the Ural-Altaic. Whether the early crossing of these races bears vital relation to the plasticity of the Japanese is a question which ...
— Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic • Sidney L. Gulick
... between the Dravidian and Ural-Altaic groups of languages has often been suggested but has met with scepticism. Any adequate treatment of this question demands a comparison of the earliest forms known in both groups and as to this I have no pretension to speak. But circumstances have led me to acquire at different times some ...
— Hinduism and Buddhism, Vol I. (of 3) - An Historical Sketch • Charles Eliot


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