*hulun gɔ̀ɔ̀ŋgɔ̀ sūʔia dene ʃú be zwɩ̀ɩ̀lɔ̀ tiana fùmú pʷãrã maril ʃìígìnɔ̌ típù bɔ́ná aŋkəmaɖu ŋgáàŋgà pɛ̀ɛ̀ʤ̑à iᵑgam vanús ita'itaaro bêrè zwɩ̌lɩ̀ uru-na íná kəməlɖun atamai nana nala gìí doyo gaala ènì ñu: hana xùtʰù jûrà mútɬwá sòòlò sógà baba ùlù húbú əbəm fùtà bulua kóól lòßà wanom lei31 pɑgɑs lɛ̀là ʔadda'wi sɔ̀bɔ́ enge nɛ:ŋ1 veivei ùjà bìɣà paŋgara-na -kaβre moi musiibin lììhú kómà lèè mulut sìrù kòkò nùnʃ kabey wugula tùùndìlò mes kʊ̀kʊ̀ kúndà gònà ʤ̑ɛ́ ʤ̑iŋki bɔ́fá makali hóbà taʔai tanarau tùkùt tawotaia bóó fɛ̀ràbʊ̀ŋwɩ̀ tɬòù
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:
- 2020-02-04 20:23:17 (austronesian): Added Inagta Alabat from Lobel et al. 2020..
- 2019-11-27 10:57:03 (austronesian): Added Biak (Northern) from Emily Gasser Fieldwork. Thanks to Amatullah Brown
- 2019-11-27 10:56:23 (austronesian): Added Pom from Emily Gasser Fieldwork. Thanks to Amatullah Brown
- 2019-11-27 10:54:15 (austronesian): Added Serewen from Emily Gasser & Arfius Pihahei. Thanks to Emily Gasser
- 2019-11-25 21:33:28 (austronesian): Added Ma'uke from Online Ma'uke Dictionary. Thanks to Mary Walworth
