Ural-Altaic
Americanadjective
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of or relating to the Ural Mountains, on the border between the Russian Federation in Europe and Siberia, and the Altai Mountains, in S Siberia and NW Mongolia, or the country or peoples around them.
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of or relating to Ural-Altaic.
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speaking a Ural-Altaic language.
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Example Sentences
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These groups were descended from Ural-Altaic, Chinese, and Austro-Asiatic peoples.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
Through these the student traces an early mixture of races—the Malay, the Mongolian, and the Ural-Altaic.
From Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic by Gulick, Sidney Lewis
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 Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court
It was transformed toward the VII century by the invasion of a brachycephalic Scythian people of Ural-Altaic origin.
From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various
Therefore, for Turanian == Ural-Altaic, or the northeastern branch.
From Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)
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