linguistic diversity index

noun

Quantifies the probability that two randomly selected individuals from a population will have different mother tongues.

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Meanings

nounlinguistic diversity index (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehuman sciencesQuantifies the probability that two randomly selected individuals from a population will have different mother tongues.
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