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.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.