[al-tey-ik] 
| 1. | the Turkic, Mongolian, and Tungusic language families collectively, spoken over a broad expanse of Eurasia, from southeastern Europe to the Pacific: variously considered to be a single, genetically related family, with Japanese and Korean sometimes also included, or a group of languages with shared typologies and histories, but not genetically akin. |
| 2. | of or belonging to Altaic. |
| 3. | of or pertaining to the Altai Mountains. |
| Al·ta·ic (āl-tā'ĭk) n. A putative language family of Europe and Asia that includes the Turkic, Tungusic, and Mongolian subfamilies. adj.
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