pwíʃìʃìʃ régì tàβɩ̀ɩ̀là ewa tsɛ́mbɔ̀ kjaʔ moroŋo kùβá rʊ̀lɩ̀ sàl o-u térèʤ̑à βaroa taaŋgawala ví ʃíßàtìk dòk didɩki *buat məkkɨnɨ mota *tektek ɣi:u1 kóá vu31 ko35 vu31 to35 gəgohpɑ magdaget sùmá sɛ́ndɛ́ ǐsózì kází kɔ́gɔ̀ nèèŋgàlèèŋgà ùmbá nì nutu mákèrà βe-βet asad ʧ̑ùùnè bígà mgea ɲàmà pjó vai bɔ̀là tơngan kòjòp keama ᵑgem ŋgá váágó íná guluka pómbé ndì ɓɛ̀l tánud tímá masuʷa mutta kóló palu tʰúɲá bwʌbwʌli’gʌdɛ moé t'barei ɲàásà sùm bok ʧìdì súkè ììmbà kalnê sìî raaua poo ʃânà kətə́b tò va-mate- tsut7 nsààná nʧènʧè púndì kətubəŋ wè búúmú ⁿda:u1 inahu mata
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:
- 2025-02-23 23:56:44 (austronesian): Added Dalkalaen from Kilu von Prince (2012). Thanks to Simon Greenhill
- 2025-02-21 01:11:40 (austronesian): Added Aneityumese from Inglis (1882). Thanks to Simon Greenhill
- 2025-01-18 10:01:40 (austronesian): Added Acehnese-Lamno from Irnanda et al., (2024). Thanks to Septhia Irnanda
- 2024-12-17 23:11:10 (austronesian): Added Lote from Barlow (2024), Grace (1995), Pearson & van den Berg (2008), Ross (1977-1982), Wycliffe Bible Translators (2009).
- 2024-07-17 00:41:14 (austronesian): Added Tomoip from Barlow & Killian (2023a), Barlow & Killian (2023b), Barlow 2024, Parkinson (1907), Grace (1955), and Ross (1977–1982).
