The Uralic language family is considered to be the closest relative of the Altaic language family, based on shared linguistic features and historical connections.

Japanese is not a member of the Altaic language family, but rather belongs to the Japonic language family.

The Altaic language family is primarily spoken in Central Asia, with some languages also spoken in East Asia and parts of Europe.

Altaic languages are typically agglutinative, meaning that words are formed by adding suffixes to a root word.

Turkish has the largest number of speakers among Altaic languages, with over 100 million speakers worldwide.

Mongolian is the official language of Mongolia.

Turkish is the official language of Turkey.

Kazakh is the official language of Kazakhstan.

Uzbek is the official language of Uzbekistan.

Kyrgyz is the official language of Kyrgyzstan.

Turkmen is the official language of Turkmenistan.

Azerbaijani is the official language of Azerbaijan.

Uyghur is the official language of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China.

Mongolian is the official language of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in China.

Altai is the official language of the Republic of Altai in Russia.