"glottogony" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɡlɒˈtɒɡəni/, /ɡləˈtɒɡəni/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-glottogony.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek γλῶττα (glôtta, “tongue, language”) + γονή (gonḗ, “generation”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ǵenh₁-}}, {{uder|en|grc|γλῶττα||tongue, language}} Ancient Greek γλῶττα (glôtta, “tongue, language”), {{m|grc|γονή||generation}} γονή (gonḗ, “generation”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} glottogony (uncountable)
  1. The genesis of language, i. e. the emergence of a system of verbal communication from proto-linguistic or non-linguistic means of communication. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-glottogony-en-noun-E9T-YO3Q Disambiguation of Linguistics: 59 41 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 49 51 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 48 52
  2. The study of language origins. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-glottogony-en-noun-aoujylYq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 49 51 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: glottogonic, glottogonist Related terms: glottogenetic, glottogenesis, cosmogony

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