híbídú sànd gùtá dicod -pisi *ka-wiʀi lèèsì sùùnù langjang lâl suli- pùsá nʤ̑íɲɛ̀ tùmbí 'asar kénù kɔ̀nà túrò kwen53 duwafulu thou35 ʤàlwá tŏng bih manu mátaʔ pùnùn rivōta tivura kòlòòßà ðanðano índí hei tata sexinia árábá lùŋgú iva ra me lʊ̀ŋgʊ̀ sangpu' ɸaho -arəs léèlé ntʰù manu gùlààlà varuŋga iaku ítà paaru udkuru sɔ́nì zímyà ɣuma wane ʔẽãp 'unnɛʔ ɣúrù ndàlé tɛ́tɛ́ twé taŋ44 ne-ta-k pitu rotˢo lùndɛ̀ ono fumba na-pʷarɣur maa1 hú pha3 ma:n1 ǀûkò pùùxúùlù wata-gor ntù ljeŋ4 ʧ̑ônì ìŋʰá sáŋgù -sumal ‘mwʌlʌw tóŋgò ßíŋgà ŋgamila tɩ̀ɩ́ fúßùl húlá dwâtà pɛ̀ɛ̀mbɔ̀ ndààndà -màlì ǀûrù meleko
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:
- 2018-05-22 14:35:30 (austronesian): Added Jautefa from Holle via Stokhof. Thanks to Simon Greenhill
- 2018-05-18 10:30:35 (austronesian): Added Jizhao (Zhang 1992) from Zhang 1992. Thanks to Andrew Hsiu.
- 2018-05-18 10:30:35 (austronesian): Added Jizhao (Shao 2016, Shao & Meng 2016) from Shao 2016, Shao & Meng 2016. Thanks to Andrew Hsiu.
- 2018-05-18 10:30:35 (austronesian): Added Jizhao (Li & Wu 2017) from Li & Wu 2017. Thanks to Andrew Hsiu.
- 2018-05-18 10:30:18 (austronesian): Added Old/Middle Javanese from Conners (2008). Thanks to Andrew Hsiu.
