allophylian

[ al-uh-fil-ee-uhn, -fil-yuhn ]

adjective

, Archaic.

1. (of languages, especially those of Europe and Asia) neither Indo-European nor Semitic.

noun

1. Turanian ( defs 3, 4 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of allophylian¹

1835–45; < Late Latin allophyl ( us ) (< Greek allóphȳlos, equivalent to allo- allo- + phȳl ( ḗ ) tribe + -os adj. suffix) + -ian; phȳlḗ, akin to phŷlon race ( phylum )

Example Sentences

So pronounced is this feature amongst many Finnish as well as Turkish peoples, that some anthropologists have felt inclined to deny any direct connection between the eastern and western divisions of Mongolian man and to regard the Baltic Finns, for instance, rather as "Allophylian Whites" than as original members of the yellow race.

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Thus may be shown a series of observations continuous between the most typical Mongol, and those aberrant Mongolo-Caucasic groups which answer to Prichard's "Allophylian races."

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These were the "allophylian" peoples displaced by the historical Celts, and up to their time the reindeer seems to have existed abundantly in France and Germany.

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Of course, considering the rapid advance of linguistic studies, a great part of that letter became antiquated long ago; but at the time of its first appearance it contained nearly all that could then be known on these allophylian, that is, non-Aryan and non-Semitic languages; and I may, perhaps, quote the opinion of Professor Pott, no mean authority at that time, who, after severely criticizing my letter, declared that it belonged to the most important publications that had appeared on linguistic subjects for many years.

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Among the Allophylian nations, on the other hand a rude and sensual superstition prevailed, which ascribed life and mysterious powers to the inanimate objects.

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