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Altaic languages, an Uncommon card
The Altaic languages or Altaic sprachbund are a sprachbund comprising the Turkic, Mongolic and Tungusic language families.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 76
- Power
- 157
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 130,000
Power 157 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Altaic languages quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Altaic languages card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
These languages share ______ morphology, head-final word order, and some vocabulary.
Answer
agglutinative. These languages share agglutinative morphology, head-final word order, and some vocabulary. From the Altaic languages article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Altaic languages. Altaic languages 81 · Edward Gibbon 78 · Karbala 75 · Pie 71 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The grouping was previously proposed as a language family, a theory which found support in the 20th century but is now rejected by many linguists, who have concluded the similarities among Turkic, Mongolic, and Tungusic languages are better explained by areal convergence rather than a shared genetic lineage.
- There is still, however, a significant faction of academics advocating for the language label, as the debate is still running.
- These languages share agglutinative morphology, head-final word order, and some vocabulary.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Altaic languages article was read about 130,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 81 and blocks with 76: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get Altaic languages
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Altaic languages (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Fobos92 , et.al. (1st version) User:AntonLandao (2nd version) User:31WheelOfSadness31 (thi, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
