Meaning Of The Word Glottochronology

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Glottochronology Meaning

Glottochronology Definition
Glottochronology Definition

What's The Definition Of Glottochronology?

glottochronology in American English
a method for estimating the dates when the branches of a family of languages separated from the parent language and from one another
noun: the branch of lexicostatistics that studies the rate of replacement of vocabulary and attempts to determine what percentage of basic vocabulary two presently distinct but related languages share, using the information thus obtained to estimate how long ag

glottochronology in British English
noun: the use of lexicostatistics to establish that languages are historically related

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