Paleo-Asiatic

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noun

1

: a member of a group of northeast Asian peoples including the Chukchi, Koryak, and Kamchadal of northeast Siberia and possibly also the Gilyaks of Sakhalin Island and the Ainu of northern Japan

2

usually paleoasiatic

"

usually capitalized : paleosiberian

Paleo-Asiatic

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adjective

"

: of or relating to the Paleo-Asiatics or to Paleosiberian languages

Word History

Etymology

Noun

International Scientific Vocabulary pale- + asiatic

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