nɔ́ ŋgílíŋgílí pálà na- tootooro sjoovelela ínɔ́ bwà tadlaw *dE= èr toli zìŋgà ik bɔ̀kù manuka'ho roɣa óɣòhà sàmbà nau lɔ̀mɔ̀ bèdí lʊ̀ná bɑpɑʔ dɨʔisɨk tsa:i24 ĵame -nâ mngifi nɛ̀ ʔalɨkɨt ŋi6 sip7 ßì kaəɭəa via phja243 sɛ̀kɛ̀ɛ́ ǹtsì ruten mian53 tɕaŋ35 gààŋgà ǒp sàgà sara ǹtswɩ́ rero ian jí nàánɛ́ mjáŋgà lúk bɩ́sɩ̀ ßútùk ʔin'ʔaŋɨs bɔ́χɔ́ po6 pho1 xaᵐbisa ŋgápì twé aútí píngi tuʔu sou nɔ́ká gúúgúú ami *sək úpá pèèpùk sìkà βùtá fùŋgò *ŋázánə rù ɔt11 ísù ikiɗi teg ròßà kósjò ɓùmbùl urar ʃîmà qʰʊ́lá βàsá límí xàmà ndɩ́ŋgɩ̀
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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:
- 2026-08-06 01:36:17 (austronesian): Added Kaxabu from Kunay (2015).
- 2026-01-22 02:40:54 (austronesian): Added Warembori from Donohue (1999). Thanks to Emily Gasser
- 2026-01-22 02:40:42 (austronesian): Added Yoke from Christoph Bracks field notes. Thanks to Emily Gasser
- 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..
