Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

indo-uralic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English

Syllables: in-do-u-ral-ic
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to both the Indo-European and the Uralic languages; especially, of or pertaining to a proposed language family containing both the Indo-European and the Uralic languages.

name

The Indo-Uralic languages: a proposed language family containing both the Indo-European and the Uralic languages.

Example Sentences

"Perhaps the most widely accepted proposal is of an Indo-Uralic family, encompassing PIE and Proto-Uralic."
"Other proposals, further back in time (and correspondingly less accepted), model PIE as a branch of Indo-Uralic with a Caucasian substratum; […]"

Etymology

From Indo- + Uralic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: Indo

Inflected Forms

more Indo-Uralic (comparative) most Indo-Uralic (superlative)

Questions

What does indo-uralic mean?: Of or relating to both the Indo-European and the Uralic languages; especially, of or pertaining to a proposed language family containing both the Indo-European and the Uralic languages.
Where does indo-uralic come from?: From Indo- + Uralic.

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