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'''Comparative linguistics''' was once the central focus of [[linguistics]], involving the comparison of [[language]]s to discover how related they are [[history|historically]]. Known as ''[[compative philology]]'', the field was popular into the mid-[[twentieth century]].  
'''Comparative linguistics''' was once the central focus of [[linguistics]], involving the comparison of [[language]]s to discover how related they are [[history|historically]]. Known as ''[[compative philology]]'', the field was popular into the mid-[[twentieth century]].  



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