lexicostatistics

lexico·sta·tis·tics

a technique used in glottochronology to determine the time when the languages under study separated, based on the statistical comparison of sample word lists from the languages

Origin of lexicostatistics

from Classical Greek lexikon, lexicon + statistics (noun)

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Noun

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Statistical estimation of the degree of linguistic divergence between two languages, based on the proportion of cognates.

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lexico- +"Ž statistics

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