kɔ̀ŋ zókè rwá írù ɔ̀ɔ̀tɔ́ nwà pana' ààkàmjà térèʤ̑à nwá ààmbùxà sáàsù na-ˀah ljàá lɔ̀ɔ́ ǔkì lwélè sìkè -ki/-kidh ispanalm̃ii manu fùùmbò ěmbé ìsósì ʧ̑ʊ̀ʊ̀làá síà nɔ́ pɑ̰u33 mono snʉ́fʉ nəkinhamra kɨkimɨdangan ɲààŋgà sègèlà -tautau kanná lɩ̀mà sasa ano ʃâna nwà sáâ xèèndù ǹtswɛ̀ samnaq i-liŋən ààmbì f-fót ɩ̌ndɩ́ to kɯn1 ʝûvà kɔ́lɔ́bá tóŋgò ʔikat haora sumara iɣamurua kónò raʔonaʔa àmà le ʃúʃìrɔ̀ là kau ßàlà mo̲~ṛe̲~ bɔ̀kù manù gànà təkə́n hueq ombe ɣànzà kású ka:ŋ3 ěsʊ̀ èfù pààndɩ̀kà firiu ìmà pám z̧uu ta-tiu kɩ̀ɩ̀ndà
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:
- 2019-08-26 10:28:44 (austronesian): Added Mangaia from Mangaian Dictionary Online. Thanks to Mary Walworth
- 2019-07-09 01:27:18 (austronesian): Added Sungwadia (Naone) from Iveth Rodriguez & Tom Ennever. Thanks to Mary Walworth
- 2019-04-02 10:01:12 (austronesian): Added Proto-Gorontalo-Mongondow from Usup (1986).
- 2019-04-02 10:01:09 (austronesian): Added Proto-Kalamianic from Himes (2006).
- 2019-04-02 10:01:07 (austronesian): Added Proto-Central Luzon from Himes (2012).
