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glottochronology

noun
glot路​to路​chro路​nol路​o路​gy | \ 藢gl盲-t艒-kr蓹-藞n盲-l蓹-j膿 How to pronounce glottochronology (audio) \

Definition of glottochronology

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

Other Words from glottochronology

glottochronological \ 藢gl盲-​t艒-​藢kr盲-​n蓹-​藞l盲-​ji-​k蓹l How to pronounce glottochronological (audio) , -​藢kr艒-​ \ adjective

First Known Use of glottochronology

1953, in the meaning defined above

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