tolu mbàŋgá mapun ŋgumi pàŋgá lìmélímè nɛki u'mani lɔppoŋ sɛ̀rɛ̀ iɣian ɓóô bu'gut ʧoma bɛ̀ nʤ̑ágìrì khjai3 leya lama ŋɑli sɔ̀bɔ́ meŋalir múpèèpí putih tasis làlà ʊ̌zá ntù (se)-pwúgúwe lìgɔ́ ʔat maɛt hi'matay íʝà vávà èèjà mpákà sɔ̂n siʧitula ŋgwà rœnatü-k ààná l'mmi' mopa ààmbà kóŋgò káŋgá bàlà pàpà twìí sɩ́ŋgà món kɔ̀ndɔ̀ tɔ́ŋ á kʊ̀lá àpʊ̀là wona mínà n-deŋar zona pitu kamonai *pin A4 *bulbul -pai wena pónònà kawiliyoko kahong ɲìrì gegite ségùsà lima 'ua-na lɩ̀bàlà nàmà ana òòmbàxà *ʔnaŋ A1 -mulu lèˀ madich òóŋgò pómbé kasuru qʰʊ́rá seda' digi-a íʃùtà ótɬʰé ru'rino mòzì haka/mama
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:
- 2017-06-30 11:18:04 (austronesian): Added ⁿduᵐbea from Leenhardt (1946).
- 2017-06-30 11:18:04 (austronesian): Added ⁿde’u from Leenhardt (1946).
- 2017-06-30 11:18:04 (austronesian): Added ’Avekɛ from Leenhardt (1946).
- 2017-06-30 11:18:04 (austronesian): Added ’Aekɛ from Leenhardt (1946).
- 2017-06-30 11:18:04 (austronesian): Added ‘Aragùrɛ from Leenhardt (1946).
