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glottochronology

/,glɑtoʊkrə'nɑlədʒi/

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noun
the determination of how long ago different languages evolved from a common source language
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"he mapped the glottochronology of the Romance languages"

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lexicostatistics a statistical technique used in glottochronology; used to estimate how long ago different languages evolved from a common source language