glottochronology
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noun \ˌglä-tō-krə-ˈnä-lə-jē\Definition of GLOTTOCHRONOLOGY
: a linguistic method that uses the rate of vocabulary replacement to estimate the date of divergence for distinct but genetically related languages
— glot·to·chro·no·log·i·cal \-ˌkrä-nə-ˈlä-ji-kəl, -ˌkrō-\ adjective
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1953
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