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Austroasiatic is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Austroasiatic in a sentence

Austroasiatic meaning

  1. Of the Austroasiatic languages, a major language family spoken in parts of Southeast Asia, India and the Nicobar Islands.
  2. Australasian.

Using Austroasiatic

  • The main meaning on this page is: Of the Austroasiatic languages, a major language family spoken in parts of Southeast Asia, India and the Nicobar Islands. | Australasian.
  • In the example corpus, austroasiatic often appears in combinations such as: the austroasiatic, austroasiatic languages, of austroasiatic.

Context around Austroasiatic

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 4 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

various 1× existing 1× early 1×

Often after:

languages 4× speaking 2× loanwords 1× branches 1× language 1× territory 1× family 1×

Sentence patterns with Austroasiatic

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

alphabets of austroasiatic languages 1× classifying the austroasiatic languages history 1× common with austroasiatic speaking groups 1× families within austroasiatic is debated 1× from the austroasiatic and sino 1× had been austroasiatic territory 1× has various austroasiatic loanwords that 1× of early austroasiatic speaking agriculturalists 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

approximately 79 of 1× as further evidence 1× austric main a 1× by contrast the 1× chamic has various 1× classifying the austroasiatic 1×

Common sentence endings:

000 years ago 1× a full syllable 1× austroasiatic is debated 1× been austroasiatic territory 1× branches sidwell 2006 1× mainland southeast asia 1×

Words around Austroasiatic

Just before it in the word index:

austro 96 austrio 2 austrians 106 austrian 763 austria 1.354 austri 2

Just after it in the word index:

austronesian 62 austronesians 5 austwick 3 austyn 7 aut 12 auta 10

Similar in corpus frequency:

aami 16 abada 16 abbottabad 16 abdulkareem 16 abha 16 abominations 16

Corpus analysis for Austroasiatic

  • In this selection, "austroasiatic" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, various, existing, early, languages, speaking and loanwords stand out and add context to how "austroasiatic" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include alphabets of austroasiatic languages and classifying the austroasiatic languages history. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "austroasiatic" sits close to words such as aami, abada and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with austroasiatic

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Classifying the Austroasiatic languages: history and state of the art. (10 words)

By contrast, the relationships between these families within Austroasiatic is debated. (11 words)

Other languages spoken in India come from the Austroasiatic and Sino-Tibetan language families. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

Approximately 79% of Cambodians are able to read Khmer. citation Classification main Khmer is a member of the Austroasiatic language family, the autochthonous family in an area that stretches from the Malay Peninsula through Southeast Asia to East India. (39 words)

Scholars suggest they are descendants of early Austroasiatic -speaking agriculturalists, who brought both their language and their technology to the southern part of the peninsula approximately 4,000 years ago. (30 words)

The Tai branch moved south into Southeast Asia only about a thousand years ago, founding the nations that later became Thailand and Laos in what had been Austroasiatic territory. (29 words)

Example sentences (13)

Chamic has various Austroasiatic loanwords that cannot be clearly traced to existing Austroasiatic branches (Sidwell 2006).

Approximately 79% of Cambodians are able to read Khmer. citation Classification main Khmer is a member of the Austroasiatic language family, the autochthonous family in an area that stretches from the Malay Peninsula through Southeast Asia to East India.

As further evidence for his proposal, Blench also cites ethnographic evidence such as musical instruments in Borneo shared in common with Austroasiatic-speaking groups in mainland Southeast Asia.

Austric main A link with the Austroasiatic languages in an ' Austric ' phylum is based mostly on typological evidence.

By contrast, the relationships between these families within Austroasiatic is debated.

Classifying the Austroasiatic languages: history and state of the art.

Other languages spoken in India come from the Austroasiatic and Sino-Tibetan language families.

Scholars suggest they are descendants of early Austroasiatic -speaking agriculturalists, who brought both their language and their technology to the southern part of the peninsula approximately 4,000 years ago.

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Systems of numeral classification in the Mon–Khmer, Nicobarese and Aslian subfamilies of Austroasiatic.

The following are examples of past-used alphabets or current alphabets of Austroasiatic languages.

The Tai branch moved south into Southeast Asia only about a thousand years ago, founding the nations that later became Thailand and Laos in what had been Austroasiatic territory.

Thus Vietnamese is the most spoken language of the Austroasiatic family, being spoken by three times more people than the second most spoken language of the family, Khmer.

Typology The Austroasiatic languages are well known for having a "sesquisyllabic" pattern, with basic nouns and verbs consisting of a reduced minor syllable plus a full syllable.

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Common combinations with austroasiatic

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "austroasiatic" in a sentence?
An example: "Chamic has various Austroasiatic loanwords that cannot be clearly traced to existing Austroasiatic branches (Sidwell 2006)." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "austroasiatic" from authentic English texts.
What does "austroasiatic" mean?
Austroasiatic means: Of the Austroasiatic languages, a major language family spoken in parts of Southeast Asia, India and the Nicobar Islands.
How many example sentences with "austroasiatic" are there?
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