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Noun: glottochronology  ,gló-tow-kru'nó-lu-jee
  1. The determination of how long ago different languages evolved from a common source language
    "he mapped the glottochronology of the Romance languages"

Derived forms: glottochronologies

Type of: chronology

Encyclopedia: Glottochronology

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