GLOTTOCHRONOLLOGY AND ITS APPLICATION IN SLAVONIC LANGUAGES

In the first part of our study the ‘classical’ glottochronology with its variant modified by Sergei Starostin is presented. In the second part the application of both classical and modified glottochronology for the Slavic languages is discussed. Our analysis was based on Starostin’s variant of glottochronology, with our modification concerning synonyms which are calculated too. The received results (see scheme) are in a good agreement with known historical facts.

81	83	85		87	89		91		93		95	97		99%
															Russian
															Ukrainian
								1070					1630		Belorussian
															Polish
															Kašubian
AD 520-600															Polabian
							1020								Lower Sorbian
													1630		Upper Sorbian
					900										Slovak
											1300				Czech
			720
															Slovenian
											1300				Serbocroatian
						960
															Makedonian
										1220					Bulgarian