plqui iʧ- màmá kásá čakuri súrú wɛ̀ná χɛ́lɛ́lá twale tsàtsí ándá -alæh ààlà dúɛ́lá púndà asi tôŋgà súmbí zwìí taŋis kali bʊ̌lá túrò vū ni taba-na touno-naih tui ǐbà peguy i-goe lòl bílò fíká pindaʔ fur mídí ʤ̑óvù iit ʧìnʤììkà matol lìlà mɨkɨp̄al ma-lasuʔ sémbá tímà ʔasak ki45 tuin ɣaraŋi ntʰù labo ßìsjà noɲela gʊ̀là sele- oβoa lòmànà ʊ̌kì dàámú bwa keki mo'moji tekeɲa témbó nè búà zwɩ̀ɩ̀lɔ̀ sàβà belakaŋ àlâk tsàtsí ŋua44 hili gyálut kawaq maulu-uli kəpi gàjà fùßà βìí íŋgì koa qami5 káŋgàʤ̑à rɩ̀ká húlá túŋgò ʃímbàʃìmb inatai
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:
- 2018-07-06 14:34:23 (austronesian): Added Proto-Danaw from Allison (1979). Thanks to Andrew Hsiu
- 2018-06-14 09:51:42 (austronesian): Added Sa (Bunlap) from Murray Garde. Thanks to Lana Takau.
- 2018-06-14 09:51:42 (austronesian): Added Sa (F Yantas) from Murray Garde. Thanks to Lana Takau.
- 2018-06-14 09:51:42 (austronesian): Added Sa (Ha) from Murray Garde. Thanks to Lana Takau.
- 2018-06-14 09:51:42 (austronesian): Added Raga from Marie France Duhamel. Thanks to Lana Takau.
