Altaic Language Family

The Altaic language family is comprised of languages spoken from Turkey to Japan. There is in fact some debate over the inclusion of Japanese and Korean in this family, though most linguists agree they do belong.

Some member languages

• Turkic languages
  • Turkish
  • Azerbaijani
  • Kazakh
  • Tatar
  • Bashkir
  • Turkmen
  • Uzbek
  • Uyghur
• Mongolic languages
  • Mongolian
  • Kalmyk
• Tungusic languages

• Debated membership
  • Japanese
  • Korean