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TUNGUSIC LANGUAGE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A family of Altaic languages spoken in Mongolia and neighboring areas
Synonyms:
Tungusic; Tungusic language
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Tungusic language" is a kind of...):
Altaic; Altaic language (a group of related languages spoken in Asia and southeastern Europe)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Tungusic language"):
Evenki; Ewenki; Tungus; Tunguz (the Tungusic language of the Evenki in eastern Siberia)
Manchu (the Tungusic language spoken by the Manchu)