ḏuḏu mimina qʰwèdí fìnʃ heku mùlì eua -kuβe kómà kweni ne1 tubbaŋ ŋguʤ̑u ßùùlà kukusu an33 afi tunʔapʔap ɓòßòl wat víkà bùlà sepäq up gèlèkà vùmbí nʤ̑à hɔ̀má ììxàlà mbɔ́ndɔ́ pei tá típà gómà ɣʉsʉwə pa53 khe13 atá melomelo kaa dagha zígì mbósì sójà ᵐbeləwer leβe-βet ohe ɛ̀ɛ̀ róŋgèrèrò afasar pasat ìbá ʔumbu yenɛf tomba sàsándá njoŋa úswí βùú walu-uw mosi tàmbààlà sóʤ̑ì -mæn -bɩ́ sìgèlèlèlà sò yaŋi rorombi láɔ́ [ɛ]rɛ-n kôndò káán bɔ̀là sapala kamakamaŋ kògó òòŋgò aetisa gìŋgì tíndɛ̂ elilai kálàŋgà ʤ̑ɔ́ɔ̀lɔ̀ manjatu' ŋunĵu-na əka pənət ŋòmbè tʰàà kámà tól mɔ́
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:
- 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).
- 2019-04-02 10:01:05 (austronesian): Added Proto-Batanic from Yang (2002).
