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Get to know Tuvaluan better with 7 real example sentences, the meaning.

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Tuvaluan in a sentence

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Tuvaluan | Tuvaluans

Tuvaluan meaning

A person from Tuvalu or of Tuvaluan descent.

Using Tuvaluan

  • The main meaning on this page is: A person from Tuvalu or of Tuvaluan descent.
  • In the example corpus, tuvaluan often appears in combinations such as: of tuvaluan.

Context around Tuvaluan

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

entire 1×

Often after:

population 1× language 1× seafarers 1× dancer 1× athletes 1× traditional 1×

Sentence patterns with Tuvaluan

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

citation a tuvaluan dancer at 1× in the tuvaluan language 1× services of tuvaluan seafarers 1× the entire tuvaluan population which 1× thousands of tuvaluan and i 1× tuvaluan athletes have 1× tuvaluan traditional histories 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

parliament and official 1× the international monetary 1× the population rose 1× the whitish powder 1× tuvaluan athletes have 1× tuvaluan traditional histories 1×

Common sentence endings:

athletics from 2009 1× from the country 1× in traditional handicrafts 1× of climate change 1× of tuvaluan seafarers 1× on the islands 1×

Words around Tuvaluan

Just before it in the word index:

tuvalu 65 tuva 7 tuv 14 tuus 3 tuure 2 tuum 2

Just after it in the word index:

tuvaluans 5 tuvan 5 tuvia 2 tuvixeddu 2 tuvok 12 tuwai 7

Similar in corpus frequency:

aad 10 aadhar 10 aaro 10 abels 10 abidin 10 abidine 10

Corpus analysis for Tuvaluan

  • In this selection, "tuvaluan" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, entire, population, language and seafarers stand out and add context to how "tuvaluan" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include citation a tuvaluan dancer at and in the tuvaluan language. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "tuvaluan" sits close to words such as aad, aadhar and aaro, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with tuvaluan

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

Parliament and official functions are conducted in the Tuvaluan language. (10 words)

This could be applied to the entire Tuvaluan population which is currently threatened by the consequences of climate change. (19 words)

Tuvaluan traditional histories are that the first settlers of the islands planted Coconut palms as they were not found on the islands. (22 words)

Longer example sentences

The whitish powder that is the result is mixed with water and painted on the buildings. citation A Tuvaluan dancer at Auckland's Pasifika Festival Art of Tuvalu main The women of Tuvalu use cowrie and other shells in traditional handicrafts. (41 words)

The International Monetary Fund 2014 Country Report described the effect of the global financial crisis (GFC) as reducing demand for the services of Tuvaluan seafarers. (25 words)

The population rose steadily from the 1960s until 2006 when the Government of Nauru repatriated thousands of Tuvaluan and I-Kiribati workers from the country. (25 words)

Example sentences (7)

This could be applied to the entire Tuvaluan population which is currently threatened by the consequences of climate change.

Parliament and official functions are conducted in the Tuvaluan language.

The International Monetary Fund 2014 Country Report described the effect of the global financial crisis (GFC) as reducing demand for the services of Tuvaluan seafarers.

The population rose steadily from the 1960s until 2006 when the Government of Nauru repatriated thousands of Tuvaluan and I-Kiribati workers from the country.

The whitish powder that is the result is mixed with water and painted on the buildings. citation A Tuvaluan dancer at Auckland's Pasifika Festival Art of Tuvalu main The women of Tuvalu use cowrie and other shells in traditional handicrafts.

Tuvaluan athletes have also participated in the men's and women's 100 metre sprints at the World Championships in Athletics from 2009.

Tuvaluan traditional histories are that the first settlers of the islands planted Coconut palms as they were not found on the islands.

Common combinations with tuvaluan

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • of tuvaluan 2×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "tuvaluan" in a sentence?
An example: "This could be applied to the entire Tuvaluan population which is currently threatened by the consequences of climate change." This page contains 7 example sentences with the word "tuvaluan" from authentic English texts.
What does "tuvaluan" mean?
Tuvaluan means: A person from Tuvalu or of Tuvaluan descent.
How many example sentences with "tuvaluan" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 7 example sentences with "tuvaluan", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.