uᵑku- kwâtà loaloa péndà lompo tua βua ʧílá yoŋ sjà swà iumu ívà ǎs rapɛrua motmot nálédí lizu kóndó gali'mohon ko3 ìnsó na-ᵐboŋ jûrà tsálá a leo ponponia kèn xì ʃápá dîrà siej ʤàlwá lɩ̀ɩ́lɩ̌ ó asaf liddám ípìp ndwárà gʊ̀là rúßì tók keaga kanakán 'poha leh sàsùlà bùlùlà asipi ɛ́sɛ̀lɛ́ kósjò na-m̈atˢ sɔ̀ɔ́mbǎ sádí hikuto ɲɑʔ bintɑŋ xùtʰù bɛ̀lɛ̀χà ààlá mulon milie maapaʔa lalau nastuʔ kulu'bati tɛ́tɛ́ támpal nʃíŋgwà memeoɣa bwɩ̀là nôtà raŋo límù bàrá lagala βʊ̀ʊ́gǎ ʂɯdun tɬʰàá fítɬʰá weʔo ʤ̑ɛ̀l lɔ́ŋ lɩ̀là tal theɔ ruŋ2 dùùmbù tíkìlìrà ɔ̀gá
Projects:
Recent Papers:
New paper in Science: Mapping the origins and expansion of the Indo-European language family.
More Information: Project website, Frequently Asked Questions, Media Coverage, Indo-European Lexical Cognacy Database.
Evolved structure of language shows lineage-specific trends in word-order universals.
More Information: More details, Are languages shaped by culture or cognition?, Universal Truths.
Rise and fall of political complexity in island South-East Asia and the Pacific.
More Information:
Listen to the Nature Podcast here,
and see News & Views article by Jared Diamond,
or the coverage at Nature News.
Language Phylogenies Reveal Pulses and Pauses in Pacific Settlement.
More Information: Frequently Asked Questions about this research, Interview with Pacific Pulse, Interview with Tagata Pasifika, Language Log post on the paper, New Scientist Magazine article.
Publications:
- Rise and fall of political complexity in island South-East Asia and the Pacific. - Currie et al2010
- On the shape and fabric of human history - Gray et al2010
- Is horizontal transmission really a problem for phylogenetic comparative methods? A simulation study using continuous cultural traits - Currie et al2010 b
- The shape and tempo of language evolution - Greenhill et al2010b
- How Accurate and Robust Are the Phylogenetic Estimates of Austronesian Language Relationships? - Greenhill et al2010a
- Austronesian language phylogenies: myths and misconceptions about Bayesian computational methods - Greenhill and Gray2009
- Does horizontal transmission invalidate cultural phylogenies? - Greenhill et al2009
- Matrilocal residence is ancestral in Austronesian societies - Jordan et al2009
- Language Phylogenies Reveal Expansion Pulses and Pauses in Pacific Settlement - Gray et al2009
- The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics - Greenhill et al2008
- See More Publications...
People:
Alumni:
Database News:
- 2021-01-13 10:05:57 (austronesian): Added Manide from . Thanks to Simon Greenhill
- 2020-11-09 22:44:06 (austronesian): Added Tobian, Hatohobeian, Ramari Hatohobei from Esther van den Berg. Thanks to Vasiliki Vita
- 2020-07-13 10:21:11 (austronesian): Added Tugun from Bryan Hinton. Thanks to Bryan Hinton
- 2020-07-07 10:28:55 (austronesian): Added Western Subanon from Jernan Combi. Thanks to
- 2020-04-06 21:56:37 (austronesian): Added Surigaonon from Catharine Elizabeth Laude. Thanks to Catharine Elizabeth Laude
