Mongolic

American  

[mong-gol-ik, mon-] / mɒŋˈgɒl ɪk, mɒn- /

adjective

1. Mongolian.

2. Mongoloid.

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noun

1. Mongolian.

Mongolic British  

/ mɒŋˈɡɒlɪk /

noun

1. a branch or subfamily of the Altaic family of languages, including Mongolian, Kalmuck, and Buryat

2. another word for Mongoloid

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Etymology

Origin of Mongolic

First recorded in 1825–35; Mongol + -ic

Example Sentences

For more than 100 years, linguists have debated when, where, and how a group of languages spoken today across central and eastern Asia, including those in the Japanese, Korean, Tungusic, Mongolic, and Turkic families, emerged.

From Science Magazine

They speak a Mongolic tongue interspersed with Mandarin, Persian, Arabic and Turkic words, a testament to the people who once passed through this remote pocket of Gansu.

From Los Angeles Times

But no admixture, except of Chinese literary terms, is seen in the Manchu language, which, like Mongolic, is a typical member of the agglutinating Ural-Altaic family.

From Project Gutenberg

Less typical, but with the Mongolic elements so predominant as to warrant inclusion, are the Malay peoples of the Eastern archipelago.

From Project Gutenberg

The original seats of the people who speak Mongolic dialects lie near the Lake Baikal and in the eastern parts of Siberia, where we find them as early as the ninth century after Christ.

From Project Gutenberg