Lexicostatistic analysis of the chronology of disintegration of proto-Dravidian
@article{Andronov1964LexicostatisticAO,
title={Lexicostatistic analysis of the chronology of disintegration of proto-Dravidian},
author={Mikhail Andronov},
journal={Indo-Iranian Journal},
year={1964},
volume={7},
pages={170-186},
url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:161229771}
}19 Citations
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