Alternative form of Altai Republic

Alternative form of Altai Krai

(mineralogy) Lead telluride, an isometric yellowish-white mineral of the galena group.

The hypothetical prehistoric ancestor of all Altaic languages, the existence of which is now often rejected.

A grouping of the Uralic language family with the Altaic languages, formerly considered a language family, now treated as an area of linguistic convergence, or possibly a sprachbund (like Altaic itself).

(astronomy) The brightest star in the constellation Aquila; Alpha (α) Aquilae. It is the twelfth brightest star in the sky, and forms one corner of the Summer Triangle.

Of or pertaining to a grouping of languages (formerly proposed to be a language family, now generally considered a sprachbund by linguists) that includes the Turkic languages (e.g. Turkish), the Mongolic (e.g. Mongolian) and Tungusic (e.g. Xibe) languages, and less often the Japanese and Korean languages.

Of or relating to the Altai, a mountain chain in Central Asia.

plural of Altaicist

A linguist who subscribes to the Altaic language group hypothesis.