ah incemaʔ èé sèpèlà toola keeke ǎē ɔče taha ɔnnama azu ʧ̑àxà dènè abay luduli kapokon búŋgùrùrù támb sáví kɛ̀kɛ̀ gwáápá ʃá sɔ̀ɔ̀lɔ̀ɔ́ mí bútswá inu bikaola rʊ̀pɩ̀ ʤ̑ɛ́ ukasayan đập ʔuran òòlù totokoraɣa mìn mjátùkà lɔ́ŋ **-jət leβgot tâßì tɔtɔlɔ mdiq ateate kapʷapin rààŋgò jiji ʧoteka mamasa ʔalo lapita n-on ʤuu- tùmbí húndùkà lùrà ísù paˈrəs suumisja dímʊ́ sui lea toto βɩ́lɩ́ tsuŋ31 sìî èné típà tetsiau kùwîrù léèlé vɔu4 nàànè mjà tinai lòmò tsʰɛ̀χà fûpà ìmà mi-iuf kàŋ monti bʊ́lɩ́ lúmé sé puunda ʤ̑ɛ̀l adlɨk a-ᵐbriw imbun
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:
- 2017-08-14 11:19:07 (austronesian): Added Siraya Gospel dialect from Adelaar, Alexander 2011. Thanks to Sander Adelaar
- 2017-08-14 11:17:55 (austronesian): Added Proto Siraya from Sander Adelaar personal data; also: Adelaar 2014. Thanks to Sander Adelaar
- 2017-08-10 17:02:14 (austronesian): Added Siraya UM (Utrecht Manuscript) dialect from C. J. Van der Vlis, 1842, Formosaanse woordenlijst. Thanks to Sander Adelaar
- 2017-08-09 11:08:35 (austronesian): Added Siraya A from Adelaar, Alexander, 2011. Siraya: Retrieving the p. Thanks to Malcolm Ross
- 2017-06-30 11:18:04 (austronesian): Added ⁿduᵐbea from Leenhardt (1946).
