pàràrìkà ʃûmà lɔ̀m paru róŋgò dèɣé ʃelula tútò woa ùmbá kúsù sèßîl bae-na réndà pàsà pòùnàmà dipog lɩ́mɩ́ túví kàlà ia ʔatɨp *ni ùné(éjí) lúk nèdho bawa βuko bàsàá ɲa mahina takawaree shun matiulə́g ŋ̀kʊ̀kʊ́ oi'piak eluen laki kùlí ßàlà ítɬʰɔ́ a kueʔ çɛŋu zìmá pààsá ŋgahi ŋut nu22 mu55 tòntó βula kààmbà àrâ fəkloh meta yani pùùpù máŋ́ kàeeva *ulu xàkà jèxè sóeu sɛ̀ɛ̀ ómà bûndà gàβà idiki sóŋgóólò ʔɨtɨw iku ʔa:j1 mãĩʔ ototo lahá bìɣà nsààná vìdì ta'u mano támbì ísù namo swà ni-saŋʷœl gituʔ tembe ljà kɔ́lɔ́bá ʃàwà ʃòtà
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:
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Database News:
- 2018-09-08 09:39:19 (austronesian): Added Kala from Christine Schreyer -- Kala Kaŋa Bi ŋa Kapia. Thanks to Margaret Ransdell-Green
- 2018-07-30 15:04:57 (austronesian): Added Malay from W.G. Shellabear 1912. Thanks to Dario Marticio
- 2018-07-30 14:42:22 (austronesian): Added Tandaganon (Naturalis) from S.I.L. and David Zorc. Thanks to Andrew Hsiu.
- 2018-07-30 14:42:13 (austronesian): Added Guiangan (Baguio) from S.I.L. and David Zorc. Thanks to Andrew Hsiu.
- 2018-07-30 14:42:13 (austronesian): Added Guiangan (Sirib) from S.I.L. and David Zorc. Thanks to Andrew Hsiu.
