The Introduction to Altaic Linguistics, with Uygur linguist Litip Tohti as chief editor, is a laudable effort to push forward the long study of Altaic linguistics, or Altaistics. Released by the ...

In collaboration with bilimdili, the Erimtan Archaeology and Arts Museum in Ankara have recently organized a workshop on Altaic languages, titled “Linguistic and Historic Origin Problems.” Bilimdili ...

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bong-su] A study has revealed that the origin of the 'Altaic language family' (Trans-Eurasian languages), which includes Korean, Japanese, Mongolian, and Turkic languages, ...

The Caucasus exhibits exceptional ethnolinguistic diversity: languages of the Kartvelian, Northwest Caucasian (Abkhaz–Adyghe), Northeast Caucasian (Nakh–Dagestanian), Iranian (Indo-European) and ...

Modern languages ranging from Japanese and Korean to Turkish and Mongolian may share a common ancestor from ancient China around 9,000 years ago, according to a new study. An international team of ...