ural-altaic

• Término que designa una hipotética macrofamilia de lenguas que incluiría numerosas lenguas indígenas de Rusia, como las urálicas y las altaicas, pero no el ruso. También se usa como adjetivo para referirse a dicha familia o grupo lingüístico.

A noun referring to a postulated group of languages that includes many of the indigenous languages of Russia, but not Russian.

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1. Hypothetical language familyC2formal

   A proposed grouping of languages that includes the Uralic and Altaic language families, spoken across northern Eurasia.

   Familia uralo-altaica

   • The Ural-Altaic hypothesis has been debated by linguists for decades.
   • Many languages of Russia, excluding Russian itself, are considered part of the Ural-Altaic group.
   • The classification of Turkish as an Altaic language is central to the Ural-Altaic theory.