Altaic Language Family

The proposed Altaic language family is comprised of languages spoken from Turkey to Japan. There is debate among linguists over the validity of this family, especially over the inclusion of Korean and Japanese.

• Turkic languages
  • Altai
  • Azerbaijani
  • Bashkir
  • Chuvash
  • Crimean Tatar
  • Cuman (extinct)
  • Dolgan
  • Gagauz
  • Karachay-Balkar
  • Karakalpak
  • Kazakh
  • Khakas
  • Khazar (extinct)
  • Kyrgyz
  • Nogai
  • Shor
  • Tatar
  • Turkish
  • Turkmen
  • Tuvan
  • Uyghur
  • Uzbek
  • Western Yugur
  • Yakut
• Mongolic languages
  • Buryat
  • Kalmyk
  • Mongolian
• Tungusic languages
  • Even
  • Evenki
  • Manchu
  • Nanai

• Debated membership
  • Japanese
  • Korean