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glottochronology

Definition of glottochronology

noun

[mass noun]
  • the use of statistical data to date the divergence of languages from their common sources.

Derivatives

glottochronological

adjective

glottochronology in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of glottochronology in the US English dictionary
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