['juәrәl-æl'teiik]
n.
乌拉尔阿尔泰语群
adj.
乌拉尔一阿尔泰语群的

[ noun ]
a (postulated) group of languages including many of the indigenous languages of Russia (but not Russian)
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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.


Ural-Altaic \U"ral-Al*ta"ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to the Urals and the Altai; as the
Ural-Altaic, or Turanian, languages.