語ご彙い統とう計けい学がく

noun

lexicostatistics

A subfield of linguistics that uses statistical methods to compare vocabulary across languages, often for historical or comparative purposes.

• 語ご彙い統とう計けい学がくは言げん語ごの系けい統とう関かん係けいを推すい定ていするのに使つかわれる。

  Lexicostatistics is used to estimate the genetic relationships of languages.