Paleolinguistics

//ˌpeɪ.li.əʊ.lɪŋˈɡwɪs.tɪks// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The study of the distant human past by linguistic means. uncountable
  2. 2
    The study of prehistoric languages using linguistic evidence alone to try to reconstruct them. uncountable

Etymology

From paleo- + linguistics.

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