sèkà tákó ŋkôpè úmè -imi kʊ́mì láɔ́ catoo pakaut ǐmbyà kɩ̀ɩ́ mànà anaro muka nèèŋgàlèèŋgà malliku orebe ɲàmà tóól didik pàmbânʤ̑è boan/moan raapea -sich tèŋ̀ au sí túm kúbá ʔaN23 tɬʰɔ́χɔ́ mátað moləbə -miu kàámvúgà èné àkàn suki srah wàla kúvù tsʰwáná kita- nòà rawa makwa ŋaiʔ óótó ʔulon abu 'amʔon turkal táándàtʊ́ engena n-ue swèèlè kóól síkiò ŋii yaf sùβààlà fati kilɑt nelpwa -ɣorɣor swá kwɔ̀ tʰóòrè kaiaa lòòŋgò hambu-na taŋ gɔ̀lɔ̀lɔ́kú tɬámá msurak mbɛ́gɛ̀ tém aawp lalvwa- tágì kɔ̀pànà kórò céoa nəml- madaosal ló hónd ŋguʤ̑u ifai ʤíìnʤì kóló mbú jòŋgò
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:
- 2017-08-21 14:35:58 (austronesian): Added Wolowa dialect of Kumbewaha [xks] from Mead, David. 2017.
- 2017-08-21 14:35:56 (austronesian): Added Wasambua dialect of Cia-Cia [cia] from Mead, David
- 2017-08-21 14:35:54 (austronesian): Added Wakole dialect of Kumbewaha [xks] from Mead, David. 2017.
- 2017-08-21 14:35:52 (austronesian): Added Lasalimu [llm] from Mead, David. 2017.
- 2017-08-21 14:35:51 (austronesian): Added Kumbewaha [xks] from Mead, David. 2017.
