ùʧ̑ì btunux *sum lóòlô hɑbu ánà ßàlà kedewa taβət tàáŋgɔ́ ʤálɔ́ là tɛ̀tɛ̀sɛ̀là ɣádì ànì ʧ̑àànʤ̑ààmà sùŋk yɑ pìːn takahugi bʊ́lájá kela/kela matau ǐfúnzà ɛ̀ŋg puuta ia muni puhi tsetseu hambu-na taŋna-na tɬàpá mdjiê nifeeŋ màkò sòbà ɔ̌j maŋaŋgo bɔ́k kôkà layap də'vijo kùùndjàá ʧìnʤììkà kaníra ʔælʔælor ɣaɣanɔ ndóòlò lòß dɩ̀mí mit nei dako jììmà avet gèlèkà 'paili bʊ́mbà gàŋgà mɔllɛŋo ìkà ßétà lììná maurʔ gúndò hainagu asi vavanɔ máŋg jàmbà bwà lajao saakala fùùmbì tóŋgà ŋolotá tɔtɔpo sileng tɛ̀mú tiŋ6 támíló etel tùvì ìkɔ́lá tʰàxò kɔmuhu meang àpàrà réndé gasil manoewe
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:
- 2020-07-13 10:21:11 (austronesian): Added Tugun from Bryan Hinton. Thanks to Bryan Hinton
- 2020-07-07 10:28:55 (austronesian): Added Western Subanon from Jernan Combi. Thanks to
- 2020-04-06 21:56:37 (austronesian): Added Surigaonon from Catharine Elizabeth Laude. Thanks to Catharine Elizabeth Laude
- 2020-04-06 21:56:04 (austronesian): Added Tahitian from Fare Vana'a. Thanks to Mary Walworth
- 2020-02-04 20:23:17 (austronesian): Added Inagta Alabat from Lobel et al. 2020..
