Associations to the word «Tungusic»

Wiktionary

TUNGUSIC, noun. A language family spoken in Inner Mongolia and parts of Siberia.
TUNGUSIC, adjective. Of or pertaining to these languages or their speakers.

Dictionary definition

TUNGUSIC, noun. Any member of a people speaking a language in the Tungusic family.
TUNGUSIC, noun. A family of Altaic languages spoken in Mongolia and neighboring areas.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky