GLOTTOCHRONOLOGY


Meaning of GLOTTOCHRONOLOGY in English

[glot.to.chro.nol.o.gy] n (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 adj

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