lexicostatistics

Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to: navigation, search
Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia

Contents

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

lexico- +‎ statistics

[edit] Noun

lexicostatistics (plural only)

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

[edit] See also

Retrieved from "http://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=lexicostatistics&oldid=14020694"
Personal tools
Namespaces
Variants
Views
Actions
Navigation
Toolbox
In other languages