Al|ta|ic

Al|ta|ic «al TAY ihk», adjective, noun.

–adj.

1. of or having to do with a family of languages that includes Turkish, Mongolian, and Manchu.

2. of or having to do with the Altai Mountains (a mountain system in central Asia) or the region in and around them.

–n.

the Altaic family of languages.

╂[< Altai, an Asian mountain chain + English -ic]