Meaning of GLOTTOCHRONOLOGY

Pronunciation:			`glâtowkru'nâlujee
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  the determination of how long ago different languages evolved from a common source language; "he mapped the glottochronology of the Romance languages"
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	See Also:		chronology
Glossary
	Definition:		a controversial method of assessing the temporal divergence of two languages based on changes of vocabulary (lexicostatistics), and expressed as an arithmetic formula.