Altaic Languages

Is a proposed language family which includes some 60 languages spoken by about 167 million people, mostly in and around Central Asia and northeast Asia. The relationships among these languages remain a matter of debate among historical linguists. Some scholars consider the obvious similarity between these languages as genetically inherited; others propose the idea of the Sprachbund. There have been some attempts to extend the Altaic family borders by including Ainu (e.g., Street 1962, Patrie 1982), Tamil, Nivkh, or Hungarian, but these proposals have been rejected by the majority of scholars.

Mongolian (14)

Eastern (13)

Dagur	Dagur
Mongour	Kangjia, Tu, Bonan, Dongxiang, East Yugur
Oirat-Khalkha	Mongolia Buriat, Russian Buriat, China Buriat, Halh Mongolian, Peripheral Mongolian, Darkhat, Kalmyk-Oirat

Western (1)

Mogholi

Tungus (12)

Northern (4)

Even	Even
Evenki	Evenki, Oroqen
Negidal	Negidal

Southern (8)

Nanaj	Nanai, Orok, Ulch
Udihe	Oroch, Udihe
Southwest	Jurchen, Manchu, Xibe

Turkic (40)

Bolgar (1)

Chuvash

Eastern (7)

Ainu, Chagatai, Ili Turki, Uyghur, Uzbek, Yugur.

Northern (8)

AAltai Southern and Northern, Shor, Dolgan, Karagas, Khakas, Yakut, Tuvin

Southern (12)

Azerbaijani	Azerbaijani South and North, Khalaj Turkic, Qashqa'i, Salchuq
Crimean Turkish
Salar
Turkish	Balkan Gagauz Turkish, Gagauz, Khorasani Turkish, Turkish
Turkmenian	Turkmen

Urum

Azerbaijani

Azerbaijani South and North, Khalaj Turkic, Qashqa'i, Salchuq

Western (11)

Aralo-Caspian	Karakalpak, Kazakh, Kirghiz, Nogai
Ponto-Caspian	cJudeo-Crimean Tatar, Karaim, Karachay-Balkar, Kumyk
Uralian	Bashkir, Chulym, Tatar

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