• Glottochronology (from Attic Greek γλῶττα tongue, language and χρόνος time) is the part of lexicostatistics which involves comparative linguistics and...
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  • quantitative assessment of the genealogical relatedness of languages) and glottochronology (the dating of language divergence). For instance, the terms on a Swadesh...
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    numerals in individual languages: Blažek, Václav. 2007. On application of glottochronology for Saharan languages. Blench, Roger. m.s. Saharan and Songhay form...
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    sunawachi goi tokeigaku no hoho ni tsuite ("Concerning the Method of Glottochronology and Lexicostatistics"), Gengo kenkyu (Journal of the Linguistic Society...
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    found but there is no absolute date estimates utilizing this system. Glottochronology enables absolute dates to be estimated. Shared cognates (cognates meaning...
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    & Pop 2002, p. 274. Novotná & Blažek 2007, p. 185–210: ""Classical glottochronology" conducted by Czech Slavist M. Čejka in 1974 dates the Balto-Slavic...
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    sub-branch of the Afroasiatic language family's Semitic branch. In his glottochronology-based classification, Alexander Militarev presents the Modern South...
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    Chronological dating Genetic methods Molecular clock Linguistic methods Glottochronology Related topics Chronicle New Chronology Synchronoptic view Timeline...
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    raiding by the Hausa people, but this theory has been contested. Using Glottochronology, historians have situated Proto-Fang speakers in the Southern Cameroon...
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  • fieldwork throughout North America. He was one of the pioneers of glottochronology and lexicostatistics, and is known for his creation of the Swadesh...
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