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Lexicostatistics

Noun

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Definitions

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

Synonyms

cognacy contrastive linguistics comparative method lexicogrammar vocd linguistic imbalance cognation lexical correspondence sister language cognancy anisomorphism megalocomparison

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