"comparative linguistics" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} comparative linguistics (uncountable)
  1. (linguistics) A branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages in order to establish their historical relatedness. Wikipedia link: comparative linguistics Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics Derived forms: comparative linguist Translations (a branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages): համեմատական լեզվաբանություն (hamematakan lezvabanutʻyun) (Armenian), 比較語言學 (Chinese Cantonese), 比较语言学 (bei⁵ gaau³ jyu⁵ jin⁴ hok⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 比較語言學 (Chinese Mandarin), 比较语言学 (bǐjiào yǔyánxué) (Chinese Mandarin), vertaileva kielitiede (Finnish), linguistique comparée [feminine] (French), შედარებითი ენათმეცნიერება (šedarebiti enatmecniereba) (Georgian), vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft [feminine] (German), teangeolaíocht chomparáideach [feminine] (Irish), 比較言語学 (hikakugengogaku) (Japanese), 비교언어학 (bigyoeoneohak) (Korean), lingvistică comparativă [feminine] (Romanian), сравни́тельная лингви́стика (sravnítelʹnaja lingvístika) [feminine] (Russian), poredbeno jezikoslovlje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), komparatívna jazykoveda [feminine] (Slovak), isimu linganishi (Swahili), hambinging dalubwikaan (Tagalog), порівня́льна лінгві́стика (porivnjálʹna linhvístyka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), порівня́льне мовозна́вство (porivnjálʹne movoznávstvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
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