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Altaic

Adjective CEFR B1
ælˈteɪ.ɪk

Definitions

Of or pertaining to a grouping of languages (formerly proposed to be a language family, now generally considered a sprachbund by linguists) that includes the Turkic languages (e.g. Turkish), the Mongolic (e.g. Mongolian) and Tungusic (e.g. Xibe) languages, and less often the Japonic and Koreanic languages.

not-comparable

Equivalents

Españolaltaico
Françaisaltaïque
DeutschAltaisch
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Catalàaltaic
فارسیآلتایی
Latinaaltaicus
NederlandsAltaïsch
Polskiałtajski
Portuguêsaltaico
Русскийалтайский

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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