kwìí meziri -ka súbyà ɲàmà toola nyeka elet mò tsànʤ̑á langit ɲààŋgàtà mbégè twé hunəs- ßìsjà muru loris pwelipwel sú sa xàkà áâ mwâ ɣóvèkà ʃáʃàtà tímà lùmbà kama ɲàásà mínà tʃi 1 kʊ̀lʊ̀bɛ̀ mòzì panik marigna lààmà fítɬʰá 'oŋ lòzì mumae malandi háɣìà kweni ndèéndè [ma]mun kokoma siang tay ᵐboᵐbotu langoy tììkùdìlò taboʔ kàkà dàndá ayamut vao jika anaga ʔæboʔ rùlà kwɔ̀ pàŋgá nàlìlìlà rítí meŋgapoi bɩ́χá lɑki kúl pár dahu pɨspɨs kœrisi nwà (r)aru mæ/tu xèlè balay omó̝ŋ pè niri sògò lawi kómbé ŋgìlà ɓùmbùl dìmú βalu mapii mɨrɨdsik víkà matabunu
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:
- 2017-03-29 09:56:06 (austronesian): Added Kayan from Smith (2015). Thanks to Kwang-Ju Cho
- 2017-03-29 09:56:06 (austronesian): Added Ngorek from Smith (2015). Thanks to Kwang-Ju Cho
- 2017-03-29 09:56:06 (austronesian): Added Badeng from Smith (2015). Thanks to Kwang-Ju Cho
- 2017-03-29 09:56:06 (austronesian): Added Lepo' Tau from Smith (2015). Thanks to Kwang-Ju Cho
- 2017-03-29 09:56:06 (austronesian): Added Lepo' Sawa from Smith (2015). Thanks to Kwang-Ju Cho
