He was the chief pioneer of lexicostatistics, which attempts to classify languages on the basis of the extent to which they have replaced basic words reconstructible in the proto-language, and glottochronology, which extends lexicostatistics by computing divergence dates from the lexical retention rate.
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Glottochronology studies suggest the split occurred between about 1, 500 and 1, 800 B . C . The ancient settlement of Kituwa on the Tuckasegee River, formerly next to and now part of Qualla Boundary ( the reservation of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians ), is often cited as the original Cherokee settlement in the Southeast.
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Glottochronology studies suggest the split occurred between about 1, 500 and 1, 800 BCE . The Cherokee have claimed the ancient settlement of " Kituwa " on the Tuckasegee River, formerly next to and now part of Qualla Boundary ( the reserve of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians ) in North Carolina, as the original Cherokee settlement in the Southeast.
