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.
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Dagur
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Dagur
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Mongour
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Kangjia, Tu, Bonan, Dongxiang, East Yugur
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Oirat-Khalkha
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Mongolia Buriat, Russian Buriat, China Buriat, Halh Mongolian, Peripheral Mongolian, Darkhat, Kalmyk-Oirat
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Even
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Even
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Evenki
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Evenki, Oroqen
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Negidal
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Negidal
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Nanaj
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Nanai, Orok, Ulch
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Udihe
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Oroch, Udihe
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Southwest
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Jurchen, Manchu, Xibe
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Ainu, Chagatai, Ili Turki, Uyghur, Uzbek, Yugur.
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AAltai Southern and Northern, Shor, Dolgan, Karagas, Khakas, Yakut, Tuvin
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Azerbaijani
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Azerbaijani South and North, Khalaj Turkic, Qashqa'i, Salchuq
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Crimean Turkish
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Salar
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Turkish
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Balkan Gagauz Turkish, Gagauz, Khorasani Turkish, Turkish
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Turkmenian
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Turkmen
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Azerbaijani
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Azerbaijani South and North, Khalaj Turkic, Qashqa'i, Salchuq
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Aralo-Caspian
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Karakalpak, Kazakh, Kirghiz, Nogai
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Ponto-Caspian
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cJudeo-Crimean Tatar, Karaim, Karachay-Balkar, Kumyk
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Uralian
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Bashkir, Chulym, Tatar
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