Lexicostatistics
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Lexicostatistics
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Lexicostatistics is a method of comparative linguistics that involves comparing the percentage of lexical cognates between languages to determine their relationship. Lexicostatistics is related to the comparative method but does not reconstruct a proto-language. It is to be distinguished from glottochronology, which attempts to use lexicostatistical methods to estimate the length of time since two or more languages diverged from a common earlier proto-language. This is merely one application of
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A method of comparative linguistics
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexicostatistics
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2023-11-07T10:01:25Z
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