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English
Etymology
From lexico- + statistics.
Noun
lexicostatistics (uncountable)
- Statistical estimation of the degree of linguistic divergence between two languages, based on the proportion of cognates.
Derived terms
Translations
statistical estimation of the degree of linguistic divergence between two languages
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