- Altaic - any member of the peoples speaking a language in the Altaic language group
--1 is a kind of Asian, Asiatic
--1 has particulars: Tungusic- Altaic, Altaic language - a group of related languages spoken in Asia and southeastern Europe
--2 is a kind of Ural-Altaic
--2 has particulars:Turki, Turkic, Turko-Tatar, Turkic language; Tungusic, Tungusic language; Mongolian, Mongolic, Mongolic language; Korean; Japanese - Altaic, Altaic language - a group of related languages spoken in Asia and southeastern Europe