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Ural-Altaic

noun Ural-Al·ta·ic \ ˌyu̇r-əl-al-ˈtā-ik \

Definition of Ural-Altaic

: a postulated language family comprising the Uralic and Altaic languages
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Ural-Altaic

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First Known Use of ural-altaic

1853

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