Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nostratic

/nɑːˈstɹætɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nos-trat-ic
IPA: /nɑːˈstɹætɪk/

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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.

Etymology

From German nostratisch.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /nɑːˈstɹætɪk/
British English: /nɒˈstɹætɪk/

Derived Forms

Nostraticist

Questions

How do you pronounce nostratic?: The recorded pronunciation is /nɑːˈstɹætɪk/.
What does nostratic mean?: 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.
Where does nostratic come from?: From German nostratisch.

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