kwápà súmbí ɣaret ɛ́má pár isdáq xèßùlìlà qʰwá liliɰo-li 'otijai *tazim ɲɔ́ tuʁuy siwo lòsì -ar̥ reteʔa njɛ́ɛ́ sɔ̂n sómbà fàá hɔŋ àŋ danon pinda -tmos mɩ̀lɩ̀ góɲʤ̑ì tleuŋ fúká bu:rán gùhɩ́ bɔ̀rɔ̀ bunúq tˢimi sámbâl tété sùŋk -voŋo làzì énì sànd itamʷat qʰɔ̀rɔ́ nʤ̑ágìrì ŋu35 iimba tasuru ɲàmà tmatak inaa hei31 pi31 ǀɛ́ǀ̰à bua' ììrà *m-[p](r)aj plah laki-laki pɛ̀ɛ̀là ààrà wìíwì ʃìíndɩ́kà moŋkuni sarroso -tub kòòsè gɔp51 *sakit qʰwàfʊ́ ààlwàá péʊ́ bènd pasula mẓa:kiʔ waruha-i nɛ̂nɛ̀ ʃó kéèké ɣúpè laŋ api búrùrà kóá sárʊ̀ madup ßí làzì àlò
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:
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Database News:
- 2019-01-14 09:08:21 (austronesian): Added Proto-Moken-Moklen from Larish (1999).
- 2019-01-14 09:08:02 (austronesian): Added Nihali from Nagaraja (2014).
- 2019-01-14 09:07:48 (austronesian): Added Moklen from Swastham (1982).
- 2019-01-14 09:07:32 (austronesian): Added Agutyanen from Caabay & Melvin (2018).
- 2019-01-08 12:52:37 (austronesian): Added Kenaboi (II) from Hajek (1998).
