GLOTTOCHRONOLOGY


Meaning of GLOTTOCHRONOLOGY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌglä-tō-krə-ˈnä-lə-jē ]

noun

Date: 1953

: a linguistic method that uses the rate of vocabulary replacement to estimate the date of divergence for distinct but genetically related languages

• glot·to·chro·no·log·i·cal -ˌkrä-nə-ˈlä-ji-kəl, -ˌkrō- adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.