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The '''Altaic languages''' are a family of languages of [[Eurasia]]. The usually accepted members of this family include the [[Turkic language|Turkic]], [[Mongolian languages|Mongolian]], and [[Tungusic languages|Tungusic]] language families. Some linguists place [[Japanese language|Japanese]] and [[Korean language|Korean]] in this family because all the Altaic languages are agglutinative, meaning that they join morphemes together.

The '''Altaic languages''' are a family of languages of [[Eurasia]]. The usually accepted members of this family include the [[Turkic language|Turkic]], [[Mongolian language|Mongolian]], and [[Tungusic language|Tungusic]] language families. Some linguists place [[Japanese language|Japanese]] and [[Korean language|Korean]] in this family because all the Altaic languages are agglutinative, meaning that they join morphemes together.

A number of linguists place the [[Uralic languages]] with the Altaic family to form the '''Ural-Altaic languages''' because the Uralic languages are aggultinative, just like the Altaic languages.

A number of linguists place the [[Uralic language]]s with the Altaic family to form the '''Ural-Altaic languages''' because the Uralic languages are aggultinative, just like the Altaic languages.

They comprise three subgroups:

They comprise three subgroups:

*[[Uzbek language|Uzbek]]

*[[Uzbek language|Uzbek]]

*[[Kazakh language|Kazakh]]

*[[Kazakh language|Kazakh]]

*[[Kirghiz language|Kirghiz]]

*[[Kyrgyz language|Kyrgyz]]

*[[Uyghur language|Uyghur]]

*[[Uyghur language|Uyghur]]

*[[Manchu language|Manchu]]

*[[Manchu language|Manchu]]