altaic

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: Al=ta=ic

CIDE DICTIONARY

altaic, a. [Cf. F. altaïque.].

 Of or pertaining to the Altai, a mountain chain in Central Asia.  [1913 Webster]

altaic, n. 

 a collective term for a group of related linguistic families including the Turkic, Tungusik and Mongolian languages, spoken over a broad area from southeastern Europe and Asia, as far east as the Pacific.  [PJC]

altaic, adj. 

 of or pertaining to the Altaic languages.  [WordNet 1.5]