búlú viribau makuri paluma lò.ô maghubag zúvà ma33 no35 ŋgênà kaʔisei gɔbi gùmà zà mʊ̀rémà gʊ̀lʊ̀ ɲànjé mùlì limanʔpuluʔ nwà noho magegese koma'ka'aw ʤ̑ɛ́ hania pasir batu ûkù mbuma on zókè pwaninuni tìmbhɛ̀ zàlà ŋɯ2 bɛ́ɛ̀ gérà maŋkam bʊ̀ʊ́pʊ̌ ma musega sikan ààmbùxà paltog ʃììk atoka mu-luŋqu pu33 ɬaŋ33 wahine mnarux kásá waru tɬʰásɩ́ tapak i-fafaw patáy ìtìl fíɲàùkà ítà ruaw kɔ́lɔ́bá sàmà nází sòndà dòŋòl ŋàná sèßîl maao kúà ɓɛ̀l lómì + kùgì kaā isusulo kátsɩ́ ʃûmà jàdá wúrà ɲààlà pùsá sumɑ̃ŋ làfù kawu ǒbàkà rítí làámbá lùtà tsʰímʊ́ mózíá tɬʰàpì kutu
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:
- 2018-01-29 19:36:38 (austronesian): Added Pwapwâ - mBoyen from K.J. Hollyman, U of Auckland, Swadesh Survey. Thanks to Mary Walworth
- 2017-11-22 16:20:19 (austronesian): Added Bwatoo (New Caledonia) is nowadays spoken on the west coast and north of the Grande Terre, in the villages of Népou and Oundjo. from RIVIERRE Jean-Claude, EHRHART Sabine, DIELA Raymond, 2006, Le bwatoo et les dialectes de la région de Koné (Nouvelle-Calédonie), Peeters : Paris-Louvain-Dudley, 501 p.. Thanks to David PIEKUT (EPHE/LACITO-CNRS)
- 2017-09-25 10:17:23 (austronesian): Added Proto Malagasy from Sander Adelaar. Thanks to id.
- 2017-08-21 14:35:58 (austronesian): Added Wolowa dialect of Kumbewaha [xks] from Mead, David. 2017.
- 2017-08-21 14:35:56 (austronesian): Added Wasambua dialect of Cia-Cia [cia] from Mead, David
