URAL-ALTAIC

a group of languages, sometimes called Turanian, of Eastern erigin.. The present-day languages directly attaching themselves to this group are Turkish, Mongolian, Manchu, Binnish, and Magyar. ‘Theories have been advanced connecting with this group Japanese, old Etruschan, and the philologically mysterious language of the Basques of the Pyrenees, The whole troup belongs to that cla of languages mentioned under II. in the article on PHILOLOGY (g.v.), capable of a small degree of inflection, but in the main agglutinating. ‘Asiatic Ru ia, in wn. of Caspian Sea; belongs to the general-governorship of the Kirghiz Steppes. Pop. 775,400. on Ural; trade in cattle with the Kirghiz. Pop. 58,240.