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Yamnaya in a sentence

Yamnaya meaning

A late Copper Age to early Bronze Age archaeological culture of the region between the Southern Bug, Dniester, and Ural rivers (the Pontic steppe), dating to 3300–2600 BCE, often associated with the Proto-Indo-Europeans.

Using Yamnaya

  • The main meaning on this page is: A late Copper Age to early Bronze Age archaeological culture of the region between the Southern Bug, Dniester, and Ural rivers (the Pontic steppe), dating to 3300–2600 BCE, often associated with the Proto-Indo-Europeans.
  • In the example corpus, yamnaya often appears in combinations such as: the yamnaya.

Context around Yamnaya

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 30.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

began 1× culture 1×

Sentence patterns with Yamnaya

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

ago the yamnaya began moving 1× from the yamnaya culture region 1× that the yamnaya s westward 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a clue comes 1× first farmers from 1× our hypothesis is 1×

Common sentence endings:

cattle and sheep 1× developing pastoral nomadism 1× westward migration began 1×

Words around Yamnaya

Just before it in the word index:

yammy 4 yammine 2 yammering 5 yammer 10 yaml 2 yamit 5

Just after it in the word index:

yamoah 6 yamoshi 3 yamoussoukro 13 yampa 14 yamraj 2 yams 30

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaand 5 aaah 5 aacl 5 aak 5 aapke 5 aarav 5

Corpus analysis for Yamnaya

  • In this selection, "yamnaya" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 30.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, began and culture stand out and add context to how "yamnaya" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include ago the yamnaya began moving and from the yamnaya culture region. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "yamnaya" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with yamnaya

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

A clue comes from the teeth of 101 people living on the steppes and farther west in Europe around the time that the Yamnaya’s westward migration began. (28 words)

First, farmers from the Middle East began supplanting and then, nearly 5,000 years ago, the Yamnaya began moving in—traveling with horses and wagons as they herded cattle and sheep. (31 words)

Our hypothesis is, therefore, that Indo-European languages derived from a secondary expansion from the Yamnaya culture region after the Neolithic farmers, possibly coming from Anatolia and settled there, developing pastoral nomadism. (32 words)

Longer example sentences

Our hypothesis is, therefore, that Indo-European languages derived from a secondary expansion from the Yamnaya culture region after the Neolithic farmers, possibly coming from Anatolia and settled there, developing pastoral nomadism. (32 words)

First, farmers from the Middle East began supplanting and then, nearly 5,000 years ago, the Yamnaya began moving in—traveling with horses and wagons as they herded cattle and sheep. (31 words)

A clue comes from the teeth of 101 people living on the steppes and farther west in Europe around the time that the Yamnaya’s westward migration began. (28 words)

Example sentences (3)

First, farmers from the Middle East began supplanting and then, nearly 5,000 years ago, the Yamnaya began moving in—traveling with horses and wagons as they herded cattle and sheep.

A clue comes from the teeth of 101 people living on the steppes and farther west in Europe around the time that the Yamnaya’s westward migration began.

Our hypothesis is, therefore, that Indo-European languages derived from a secondary expansion from the Yamnaya culture region after the Neolithic farmers, possibly coming from Anatolia and settled there, developing pastoral nomadism.

Common combinations with yamnaya

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "yamnaya" in a sentence?
An example: "First, farmers from the Middle East began supplanting and then, nearly 5,000 years ago, the Yamnaya began moving in—traveling with horses and wagons as they herded cattle and sheep." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "yamnaya" from authentic English texts.
What does "yamnaya" mean?
Yamnaya means: A late Copper Age to early Bronze Age archaeological culture of the region between the Southern Bug, Dniester, and Ural rivers (the Pontic steppe), dating to 3300–2600 BCE, often associated with the Proto-Indo-Europeans.
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