Ural-Altaic

[ yoo r-uh l-al-tey-ik ]
/ ˈyʊər əl ælˈteɪ ɪk /

adjective

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.
of or relating to Ural-Altaic.
speaking a Ural-Altaic language.

noun

a postulated family of languages comprising Uralic and Altaic.

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Ural-Altaic

noun

a postulated group of related languages consisting of the Uralic and Altaic families of languages

adjective

of or relating to this group of languages, characterized by agglutination and vowel harmony