ŋusu- *pwai1 pwíʃìʃìʃ hɔ́k ȶam3 kàrà ŋòmà namlaskos kàànà 'nure tuli sáŋgá aup tam5 pàpà lwáàlè mbah wawo tɬʰàrɩ̀ sònà hórà wè hús etȯŋin purokoti ʃéŋgùl fwá ɓɔ̀ʤ̑ɛ̀ maangi sumɑŋ ßjààlà tù mbégè qwei44 kiʥiə- ruha pàʃì miŋ2 kàŋà nú núpàtà bornok madiklaʔ ɔ̀gá rebe mabocho *CaSíq kùùndjàá pònà tɔ̀gìsà kɔ̀kɔ̀mà ŋgwà oga ɲàmà tuʔ31 dúɛ́lá pa kauru-na kèsà kôvù kûŋgà ràtèrà ce5 ilu-ru ɓɔ́ŋ bwá tagāna fùtà qa31 ləu35 buah-buah lánaw ßàlà ra-yu-u tolu- tɬʰánʊ́ sʊ̀ wà mælsio sùl rù qʰwá phən2 -aŋən nda bɛ́lɛ́ xù bàʤ̑à pàndé kíŋgò kasepe
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...
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Database News:
- 2020-04-06 21:56:37 (austronesian): Added Surigaonon from Catharine Elizabeth Laude. Thanks to Catharine Elizabeth Laude
- 2020-04-06 21:56:04 (austronesian): Added Tahitian from Fare Vana'a. Thanks to Mary Walworth
- 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
