tutTechnical information about ISO 639 language code tut
The table below provides technical details for the Altaic languages language, designated by the tut code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Altaic languages |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | TurkicMongolicTungusicKoreanicJaponic |
| Related languages | TurkishMongolianManchuKoreanJapanese |
| Key facts | Altaic is a proposed macro-family rather than a single languageThe hypothesis is controversial—many specialists regard Turkic, Mongolic, and Tungusic (and sometimes Koreanic and Japonic) as independent familiesLanguages grouped under Altaic typically show agglutinative morphology, vowel harmony, and SOV word orderEarly advocates included G.J. Ramstedt and Nicholas Poppe, while modern lexical-statistical studies give mixed supportShared areal contact over millennia is an alternative explanation for their structural similarities. |
| Sample phrase | Merhaba, nasılsın? |
| Character encodings | |
| Supported in Localizely |
The Altaic languages language, identified by the code tut, falls under the 'Collective' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Genetic' by its type.
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