glottochronology

English

Etymology

From glotto- +‎ chronology.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɡlɒtəʊkɹəˈnɒlədʒi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɡlɑːtoʊkɹəˈnɑːləd͡ʒi/

Noun

glottochronology

1. The study of languages to determine when they diverged from being the same language.

Translations

the study of languages to determine when they diverged from being the same language

• Armenian: լեզվաժամանակագրություն (hy) (lezvažamanakagrutʻyun)
• Galician: glotocronoloxía (gl) f
• Portuguese: glotocronologia
• Russian: глоттохронология (ru) (glottoxronologija)
• Spanish: glotocronología
• Tagalog: paladilataknaan

See also

• lexicostatistics