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Proto-Altaic

Proto-Altaic proper noun: the hypothetical prehistoric ancestor of all Altaic languages, the existence of which is now often rejected.

Proper noun

Proto-Altaic

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

Origin of Proto-Altaic

From proto- + Altaic.

Questions about Proto-Altaic

What does Proto-Altaic mean?
Proto-Altaic means the hypothetical prehistoric ancestor of all Altaic languages, the existence of which is now often rejected.
What part of speech is Proto-Altaic?
Proto-Altaic is a proper noun.

Words near Proto-Altaic in the dictionary

  1. Proto-Afro-Asiatic
  2. Proto-Afroasiatic
  3. Proto-Albanian
  4. Proto-Algic
  5. Proto-Algonquian
  6. Proto-Altaic
  7. proto-ancestor
  8. proto-ancestors
  9. Proto-Armenian
  10. Proto-Atayalic
  11. Proto-Athabascan

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