kà næ-tiŋo-k tamonong sòmbòlà ntʊ́ndà corconə zònì maaíni óɣòhà mōtuʔu sííŋgwá àlìxà biʃee garo ómànà ʧèèʤéwù lipeh cam22 lèè rausək kíɲà makebela ʃíná líndung lei saliga ɣóɣànà górò niʔ mhel bùlá -lèèjì ahehene tatəməs manɛpɛʔ lòkà *muisaʈ lùùŋgò sà ŋkòndè o55 lalairalo bú ʃínd dánga liru kitoru keru jìílù sima -sⁿdomia ʤa sànd ɛ̀mɛ̀l pùùxúùlù káándàpàlè saɭeman ʊ̀bà fúká kék ßòŋgà pi35 úmè lómì + nobologo- bà papa ŋgûrù mahọwap pjáŋg gísyà ŋgole ǒl kòlòòßà -mu ʔayiʔ haamiem pàsòkónì pha:k11 kúbà hai1 víví ʔbuay 33 kauru rù tí dátʊ́ sèßèlè buntut poonda gyɩ̀kà magalili
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:
- 2019-07-09 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).
- 2019-04-02 10:01:05 (austronesian): Added Proto-Batanic from Yang (2002).
