Tsouic is an English word with synonyms like formosan. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Tsouic in a sentence
Tsouic meaning
A small language family, a subfamily of Austronesian, spoken in central Taiwan
Synonyms of Tsouic
Using Tsouic
- The main meaning on this page is: A small language family, a subfamily of Austronesian, spoken in central Taiwan
- Useful related words include: formosan.
Context around Tsouic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tsouic
- In this selection, "tsouic" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, links stand out and add context to how "tsouic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include claim that tsouic is not and eastern links tsouic and rukai. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tsouic" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tsouic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This supports Chang's (2006) claim that Tsouic is not a valid group. (13 words)
Rukai and Tsouic are seen as highly divergent, although the position of Rukai is highly controversial. (16 words)
The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database (2008) accepts Northern, rejects Eastern, links Tsouic and Rukai (two highly divergent languages), and links Malayo-Polynesian with Paiwan in a Paiwanic group. (28 words)
The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database (2008) accepts Northern, rejects Eastern, links Tsouic and Rukai (two highly divergent languages), and links Malayo-Polynesian with Paiwan in a Paiwanic group. (28 words)
Rukai and Tsouic are seen as highly divergent, although the position of Rukai is highly controversial. (16 words)
This supports Chang's (2006) claim that Tsouic is not a valid group. (13 words)
Example sentences (3)
Rukai and Tsouic are seen as highly divergent, although the position of Rukai is highly controversial.
The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database (2008) accepts Northern, rejects Eastern, links Tsouic and Rukai (two highly divergent languages), and links Malayo-Polynesian with Paiwan in a Paiwanic group.
This supports Chang's (2006) claim that Tsouic is not a valid group.