Altaic language group (disputed)

C8599
concept

The Altaic language group (disputed) is a proposed but widely contested macro-family that would link Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic, and sometimes Koreanic and Japonic languages under a common ancestral origin.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
proposed language macro-family 7
Altaic language grouping candidate 1

Instances (8)

Instance Via concept surface
Gulf (proposed macro-family) proposed language macro-family
Amerind as a macro-family of the Americas
surface form: Amerind (linguistic macro-family hypothesis)
proposed language macro-family
Dené–Yeniseian languages (proposed)
surface form: Dené–Yeniseian languages
proposed language macro-family
Yok-Utian languages proposed language macro-family
North Caucasian languages (hypothetical) proposed language macro-family
Tungusic languages Altaic language grouping candidate
Transeurasian languages proposed language macro-family
Macro-Jê hypothesis (disputed)
surface form: Macro-Jê hypothesis
proposed language macro-family