tatau malamalae kèŋgèlà ʔuʔui-na tɬàpá púùndà tsʰɛ̀χà kónópá kovela i sèé mogoparu sjaaga kəʔ kòndó fwánànà muta nàánɛ́ rua ta21 gùhɩ́ lenying ítà sə̯bɑy ma-ŋ pitu twíl mimpi tʰɩ́ asaʔetu nɛ̂nɛ̀ zìmá bísú mbósì qatsay sinan kau mbono óŋgò ɣirara ɔ́má βatu sììrè píkʊ̀ -siab selkai ǒp ǎrʊ̀la pasa membeu ßà araŋ pásà nɔ́χá kɔ̀hɔ́l wumja tàβɩ̀ɩ̀là faun 'akamatie mǔs kùrùví sisíu foču ñumput àsàáŋgwì bûtò pue hatavile lùßà pàpàlìlò ßêrùkà sálà ììnzɩ́ ewa ta tɕɯ24 taliŋa límí béŋgú répà búʃí tèndéé lɔ̀nà ɓɔ́ɔ́ r-rpʷiɣ cém ūā ɲúŋgù
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).
