Tataric
- a word derived from Tatar.
Example Sentences
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In linguistic works Tataric is now used in two several senses.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max
Witsen, too, in a letter to Leibniz, dated Mai 22, 1698, alludes to the affinity between the Tataric and Mongolic languages.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max
Nay, they consider Tatar as a term of abuse, synonymous with robber, evidently from a recollection that their ancestors had once been conquered and enslaved by Mongolic, that is, Tataric, tribes.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max
Secondly, Tataric has become the name of that class of Turanian languages of which the Turkish is the most prominent member.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max
These must have comprised Slavonic, Tataric, and Finnic dialects, spoken in those countries in the time of Herodotus, as they are at the present day.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max
