Tungusic

[tun'guzik]

Definition

(noun.) a family of Altaic languages spoken in Mongolia and neighboring areas.

(noun.) any member of a people speaking a language in the Tungusic family.

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Definition

(a.) Of or pertaining to the Tunguses; as, the Tungusic dialects.

Typist: Veronica

Definition

adj. pertaining to the Tunguses an ethnographic group of the Ural-Altaic family.—n. Tun′gus one of this people or their language.—adj. Tungu′sian.

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