ʃíßàtìk ʃêʃù kāni mo-fati χʊ̀dímʊ́ ßjál *klɔʔ mhuriq 'po sɔria yava uku utauta kɔ̀ kòkó bʊ̀lí ɓòßòl gasi nwà tsɩ̀ kúlù tánò *ini bútà kabun tratra rúŋgwìrà bɛ́ßí *s-qʷʰat-s ate àßùk tùgà ʧìílà ʔesur úúɲà sàʤ̑à i-limə mòɣà ja45 tɛ55 tíndà ßèèlè kamal aman fùnà kiban dúkà kôkòròkà sú fètʊ̀là tétà tégìnà gùhá inotu bàkò ado rúrà ɔ̀ɔ́ŋgɔ̌ ìrí kori ŋgɔ́gɔ̀rɔ̀ kálávèèsà kɔ̀ŋ twé hagó mattafúg ʔɨbɨl βɩ̀lɩ̀ sɔ̀ɔ̀nʤ̑à lalo bèlé mapútul nʤ̑éè ánɛ́χá qəzəməzəmət nʰàgálàlɔ̌ twɛ̂dù kuheting-ay tɔ̀s zi ŋɔŋe jégà blat mœčmœč iʔerua dahduwe pauku pwese-pwesɛ ksaek ándá kuli sapuluh
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...
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Database News:
- 2025-06-03 02:06:44 (austronesian): Added Tamambo from Jauncey 1997.
- 2025-04-14 05:11:54 (austronesian): Added Malay (1600) from D. Lombard (1970) le "spraeck end woord-boek" de Frederick de Houtman, première méthode de malais parlé (fin du XVIe s.) présenté par Denys Lombard, avec la collaboration de Mmes Winarsih Arifin et Minnie Wibisono. Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient, Paris, 1970..
- 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
