minum laŋ ʝûvà 'niʔina kʊ̀là kòndó réndà ʔimatɨy 'naməne dúlúkó -tapa wòmbwà nʤ̑éè leɣahaɣu aŋa ńná toʔolo araŋ xùùmbò luri-n pitò kai tii/muu réétsá noola ular aanika zìà kùsùlà tu'ni sínd timb̯ɑk etˢa bèŋgà walii dila moruŋa gɛ̀ɛ̀mbɛ̀ mðɛ-ɣ *hnom mĩwɑ̃ŋ lalaki tírí ndirin ɲùú ɓɛ̀l suvsip mìlà gɔ̀m lima-ku kwâtà àk têndà mé fúŋgátè lela kêŋgà âmà vesɛle sònà ɣùndà dóròpà tsʊ́fé βɩ̀ɩ̀lɩ́ maacarəm sɔ́mân dùúsì dhŭl ɩ̌ndɩ́ ia bù kili sògò kapet kômbànà kûkù dìbà lè oinan tɔ́ŋ cakom ṇʔirar ke notü óvà sɑŋlɑlɑwɑh íná ǐfúnzà àwá tʰòòndò
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:
- 2021-06-15 09:34:06 (austronesian): Added Central Sinama from Kemp Pallesen. Thanks to Kemp Pallesen
- 2021-05-14 05:24:32 (austronesian): Added Vaha (Tanna Island) from Kenneth Nehrbass, 2012. Thanks to Mary Walworth
- 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
