Nostratic

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UK/nɒˈstɹætɪk/US/nɑːˈstɹætɪk/

proper noun

A conjectural and not widely accepted grouping of languages including the Indo-European, Uralic, Altaic, Chukchi-Kamchatkan, Eskimo-Aleut, Dravidian, Elamite, Sumerian, Kartvelian, and Afroasiatic languages, and less commonly including the Aegean and Ainu languages as well.

OriginGerman nostratisch →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A conjectural and not widely accepted grouping of languages including the Indo-European, Uralic, Altaic, Chukchi-Kamchatkan, Eskimo-Aleut, Dravidian, Elamite, Sumerian, Kartvelian, and Afroasiatic languages, and less commonly including the Aegean and Ainu languages as well.

Origin

  1. Germannostratisch
  2. EnglishNostratic

From German nostratisch.

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Translations

Dutch Nostratisch
  • Nostratischlanguage grouping
Finnish nostraattinen
  • nostraattinenlanguage grouping
French nostratique
  • nostratiquelanguage grouping
German Nostratisch
  • Nostratischlanguage grouping
Hungarian nosztratikus
  • nosztratikuslanguage grouping
Italian nostratico
  • nostraticolanguage grouping
Polish język nostratyczny
  • język nostratycznylanguage grouping
Russian ностратический
  • ностратический (nostratičeskij)language grouping
Spanish nostrático
  • nostráticolanguage grouping

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APA

Nostratic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nostratic

MLA

“Nostratic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nostratic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Nostratic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nostratic.

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