pukha atip hidup ʧ̑úmbí kùl búbúná púkà pìkò tong lámbà 'nɛna aripiʈ sire luma sìkámò paambiʧila ßòòßò sáhá naŋ6 naluᵐbun susu tètèmà ɣóvèkà moloβulu fara sóní ohl simabulaw húsà kin1 lèèrà unua [lenwal] βìsá alala ŋòmbè tɬʰàrɩ̀ hunju- rjà nə6 lɔ̀ɔ́mbá bà toməpəʃ káŋkàmà -wagit lihilihan lìp sola bùlá hexalu ŋgìlà mbja:ŋ3 lwà káákààt pàßà phau6 ǎē ikao vatikee- dímʊ́ sààxúlù meta gúró kàámvúgà ni-sinawə-k qʰwàrìpànɩ̀ púlá nau (lohi) rúßì wu'lɛtalol po madila juĕ dʳur màŋ jàmà hahani èl anjing tulo' kuŋgu ulit huuwano tangi kûŋgà ŋintaʔ pur-mau wùúndù sapang- ŋkôpè wes tuki ɲààŋgà lègà nsé
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:
- 2019-08-26 10:28:44 (austronesian): Added Mangaia from Mangaian Dictionary Online. Thanks to Mary Walworth
- 2019-07-09 01:27:18 (austronesian): Added Sungwadia (Naone) from Iveth Rodriguez & Tom Ennever. Thanks to Mary Walworth
- 2019-04-02 10:01:12 (austronesian): Added Proto-Gorontalo-Mongondow from Usup (1986).
- 2019-04-02 10:01:09 (austronesian): Added Proto-Kalamianic from Himes (2006).
- 2019-04-02 10:01:07 (austronesian): Added Proto-Central Luzon from Himes (2012).
