Altaic languages (proposed)

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controversial linguistic hypothesis hypothetical language family

Altaic languages (proposed) is a controversial hypothetical language family that groups together Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic, and sometimes Koreanic and Japonic languages, primarily spoken across northern and central Asia.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Altaic hypothesis 3
Altaic hypothesis (disputed) 3
Altaic languages (hypothetical) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf controversial linguistic hypothesis ⓘ
hypothetical language family ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Altaic languages (proposed) ⓘ
surface form: Altaic hypothesis

Macro-Altaic (when including Koreanic and Japonic) ⓘ
coreMembers Mongolic languages ⓘ
Tungusic languages ⓘ
Turkic languages ⓘ
criticsArgue reconstructions rely on flawed methodology ⓘ
similarities due to areal contact and borrowing ⓘ
typological features not sufficient evidence for genetic relationship ⓘ
extendedMembers Japonic languages ⓘ
Koreanic languages ⓘ
geographicDistribution central Asia ⓘ
eastern Asia ⓘ
northern Asia ⓘ
hasSubgroup Japonic languages ⓘ
Koreanic languages ⓘ
Mongolic languages ⓘ
Tungusic languages ⓘ
Turkic languages ⓘ
influenced classification debates about Japanese ⓘ
classification debates about Korean ⓘ
macroAltaicConcept genetic relationship including Koreanic and Japonic ⓘ
mainConcept genetic relationship among Turkic, Mongolic, and Tungusic ⓘ
methodologicalIssue distinguishing inherited cognates from loanwords ⓘ
long-range comparison over great time depth ⓘ
opposedBy Alexander Vovin ⓘ
Gerhard Doerfer ⓘ
Lars Johanson ⓘ
Stefan Georg ⓘ
proposedBy Gustaf John Ramstedt ⓘ
Matthias Castrén ⓘ
Nicholas Poppe ⓘ
Roy Andrew Miller ⓘ
relatedConcept Transeurasian languages ⓘ
Ural–Altaic hypothesis ⓘ
statusInLinguistics considered a classic example of a controversial macro-family ⓘ
largely rejected by most historical linguists ⓘ
stillDiscussedIn areal linguistics ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
supportersArgue regular sound correspondences among member branches ⓘ
shared basic vocabulary among Turkic, Mongolic, and Tungusic ⓘ
shared morphological paradigms ⓘ
timeOfMajorDebate 20th century ⓘ
typologicalFeatures SOV basic word order ⓘ
agglutinative morphology ⓘ
lack of grammatical gender ⓘ
rich case systems ⓘ
vowel harmony ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Altaic languages (proposed) → alsoKnownAs → Altaic languages (proposed) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Altaic hypothesis
Transeurasian languages → alternativeName → Altaic languages (proposed) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Altaic hypothesis
Azerbaijani language → belongsTo → Altaic languages (proposed) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Altaic hypothesis (disputed)
Kyrgyz → belongsToMacroFamily → Altaic languages (proposed) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Altaic hypothesis (disputed)
Asia → containsMajorLanguageFamily → Altaic languages (proposed) ⓘ
Tungusic languages → debatedClassification → Altaic languages (proposed) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Altaic hypothesis
Turkish language → family → Altaic languages (proposed) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Turkic languages
Gustaf John Ramstedt → fieldOfWork → Altaic languages (proposed) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Altaic studies
Transeurasian languages → hasSubgroup → Altaic languages (proposed) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Macro-Altaic (Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic, Koreanic, Japonic)
Roy Andrew Miller → notableWork → Altaic languages (proposed) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Languages and History: Japanese, Korean, and Altaic
Roy Andrew Miller → notableWork → Altaic languages (proposed) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese and the Other Altaic Languages
Japonic languages → possibleRelationTo → Altaic languages (proposed) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Altaic hypothesis (disputed)
Mongolic languages → subclassOf → Altaic languages (proposed) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Altaic languages (hypothetical)