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Glottochronology
Translation of "glottochronology" into Russian
glottochronology
Noun
UK
/ˌɡlɒtəʊkrəˈnɒlədʒi/
US
/ˌɡlɑːtəʊkrəˈnɑːlədʒi/
glottochronology
glottochronologies pl
Glottochronology is used to estimate the time of divergence between languages.
Глоттохронология используется для оценки времени расхождения между языками.
Definitions
glottochronology
Noun
UK
/ˌɡlɒtəʊkrəˈnɒlədʒi/
US
/ˌɡlɑːtəʊkrəˈnɑːlədʒi/
The study of the chronological relationship between languages, especially the estimation of the time of divergence of related languages by comparing their core vocabularies.
Glottochronology has been used to estimate when the Romance languages began to diverge from Latin.
An estimate, produced by the technique of glottochronology, of when particular related languages separated from a common ancestor.
The glottochronology for the Indo-European family points to a split around 4000 BCE.