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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Turanian \Tu*ra"ni*an\, a. [From Tur, the name in Persian legendary history, of one of the three brothers from whom sprang the races of mankind.] Of pertaining to or designating, an extensive family of languages of simple structure and low grade (called also {Altaic}, {Ural-Altaic}, and {Scythian}), spoken in the northern parts of Europe and Asia and Central Asia; of pertaining to or designating, the people who speak these languages. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Altaian \Al*ta"ian\, Altaic \Al*ta"ic\, a. [Cf. F. alta["i]que.] Of or pertaining to the Altai, a mountain chain in Central Asia. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Altaic adj : of or pertaining to or written in Altaic [syn: {Altaic}] n 1: any member of the peoples speaking a language in the Altaic language group [syn: {Altaic}] 2: a group of related languages spoken in Asia and SE Europe [syn: {Altaic}, {Altaic language}]
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