Explore Eurasiatic through 5 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like eurasian or continent. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Eurasiatic in a sentence
Eurasiatic meaning
A hypothetical superfamily of languages proposed by Joseph Greenberg that groups together several language families of Europe, Asia, and North America, namely Etruscan, Indo-European, Uralic-Yukaghir, Altaic, Korean-Japanese-Ainu, Nivkh, Chukotian and Eskimo-Aleut.
Using Eurasiatic
- The main meaning on this page is: A hypothetical superfamily of languages proposed by Joseph Greenberg that groups together several language families of Europe, Asia, and North America, namely Etruscan, Indo-European, Uralic-Yukaghir, Altaic, Korean-Japanese-Ainu, Nivkh, Chukotian and Eskimo-Aleut.
- Useful related words include: eurasian, continent.
- In the example corpus, eurasiatic often appears in combinations such as: eurasiatic and, eurasiatic work, his eurasiatic.
Context around Eurasiatic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Eurasiatic
- In this selection, "eurasiatic" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, greenberg, work and daughter stand out and add context to how "eurasiatic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include european as eurasiatic daughter groups and greenberg s eurasiatic work greenberg. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "eurasiatic" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with eurasiatic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Bomhard (2008) treats Uralic, Altaic and Indo-European as Eurasiatic daughter groups on equal footing. (15 words)
According to him the breakthrough came with the publication of the first volume of Joseph Greenberg's Eurasiatic work, Greenberg 2000. (21 words)
His colleague and former student Merritt Ruhlen ensured the publication of the final volume of his Eurasiatic work (2002) after his death. (22 words)
According to Greenberg, Eurasiatic and Amerind form a genetic node, being more closely related to each other than either is to "the other families of the Old World". (28 words)
Greenberg basically agreed with the Nostratic concept, though he stressed a deep internal division between its northern 'tier' (his Eurasiatic) and a southern 'tier' (principally Afroasiatic and Dravidian). (28 words)
His colleague and former student Merritt Ruhlen ensured the publication of the final volume of his Eurasiatic work (2002) after his death. (22 words)
Example sentences (5)
According to Greenberg, Eurasiatic and Amerind form a genetic node, being more closely related to each other than either is to "the other families of the Old World".
According to him the breakthrough came with the publication of the first volume of Joseph Greenberg's Eurasiatic work, Greenberg 2000.
Bomhard (2008) treats Uralic, Altaic and Indo-European as Eurasiatic daughter groups on equal footing.
Greenberg basically agreed with the Nostratic concept, though he stressed a deep internal division between its northern 'tier' (his Eurasiatic) and a southern 'tier' (principally Afroasiatic and Dravidian).
His colleague and former student Merritt Ruhlen ensured the publication of the final volume of his Eurasiatic work (2002) after his death.
Common combinations with eurasiatic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: