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Nostratic

UK/nɒˈstɹætɪk/US/nɑːˈstɹætɪk/

Nostratic proper noun: a conjectural and not widely accepted grouping of languages including the Indo-European, Uralic, Altaic, Chukchi-Kamchatkan, Eskimo-Aleut, Dravidian, Elamite, Sumerian, Kartvelian, and Afroasiatic languages, and less commonly including the Aegean and Ainu languages as well.

Proper noun

Nostratic

  1. A conjectural and not widely accepted grouping of languages including the Indo-European, Uralic, Altaic, Chukchi-Kamchatkan, Eskimo-Aleut, Dravidian, Elamite, Sumerian, Kartvelian, and Afroasiatic languages, and less commonly including the Aegean and Ainu languages as well.

Origin of Nostratic

From German nostratisch.

Words formed from Nostratic

Questions about Nostratic

What does Nostratic mean?
Nostratic means a conjectural and not widely accepted grouping of languages including the Indo-European, Uralic, Altaic, Chukchi-Kamchatkan, Eskimo-Aleut, Dravidian, Elamite, Sumerian, Kartvelian, and Afroasiatic languages, and less commonly including the Aegean and Ainu languages as well.
What part of speech is Nostratic?
Nostratic is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Nostratic?
Nostratic is pronounced /nɒˈstɹætɪk/ (UK).

Words near Nostratic in the dictionary

  1. Nostradamian
  2. Nostradamic
  3. Nostradamus
  4. Nostradamuses
  5. nostral
  6. Nostratic
  7. Nostraticist
  8. Nostraticists
  9. nostrificate
  10. nostrificated
  11. nostrificates

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