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A branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages in order to establish their historical relatedness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Albanian:
gjuhësi krahasimtare
— a branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages
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Armenian:
համեմատական լեզվաբանություն
(hamematakan lezvabanutʻyun)
— a branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages
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Catalan:
lingüística comparativa
— a branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages
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Chinese Cantonese:
比較語言學 /比较语言学
(bei5 gaau3 jyu5 jin4 hok6)
— a branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages
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Chinese Mandarin:
比較語言學 /比较语言学
(bǐjiào yǔyánxué)
— a branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages
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Finnish:
vertaileva kielitiede
— a branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages
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French:
linguistique comparée
— a branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages
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French:
linguistique comparative
— a branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages
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Georgian:
შედარებითი ენათმეცნიერება
(šedarebiti enatmecniereba)
— a branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages
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German:
vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft
— a branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages
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Irish:
teangeolaíocht chomparáideach
— a branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages
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Japanese:
比較言語学
(hikakugengogaku)
— a branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages
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Korean:
비교언어학
(bigyoeoneohak)
— a branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages
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Portuguese:
linguística comparativa
— a branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages
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Portuguese:
linguística comparada
— a branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages
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Romanian:
lingvistică comparativă
— a branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages
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Russian:
сравни́тельная лингви́стика
(sravnítelʹnaja lingvístika)
— a branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages
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Serbo-Croatian:
poredbeno jezikoslovlje
— a branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages
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Slovak:
komparatívna jazykoveda
— a branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages
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Spanish:
lingüística comparativa
— a branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages
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Swahili:
isimu linganishi
— a branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages
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Tagalog:
hambinging dalubwikaan
— a branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages
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Turkish:
karşılaştırmalı dilbilim
— a branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages
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Ukrainian:
порівня́льна лінгві́стика
(porivnjálʹna linhvístyka)
— a branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages
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Ukrainian:
порівня́льне мовозна́вство
(porivnjálʹne movoznávstvo)
— a branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages
