Definition of Tungusic in English:
Tungusic
adjectivetʊŋˈɡuːsɪktəNGˈɡo͝osik
Relating to or denoting a small family of Altaic languages of Siberia and northern China.
Example sentencesExamples
- Korean is considered part of the Tungusic branch of the Altaic group of the Ural-Altaic language family.
- The word comes to us through Russian, from the Tungusic saman.
- They are the ethnic descendants of a Tungusic branch of the Ural-Altaic family.
- The Korean Peninsula was first populated by peoples of a Tungusic branch of the Ural-Altaic language family, who migrated from the northwestern regions of Asia.
nountʊŋˈɡuːsɪktəNGˈɡo͝osik
The Tungusic family of languages.