luue rúmɔ́ bhəri lapun iyok ne-lem 'uŋa pʰɩ́fɔ́ sòlò -uŋa ata íʝà tégìnà zwàálà lòp nʤ̑ɔ́ɔ̀ ̃pur kʰúdú fatutuli marœ kóló kwídí lokana ʤ̑ò.ù ìkà sé ŋgílíŋgílí dèèxélò *s-lyap fùùmbì nsààná -tàtù na-βitarik *cɔʔ gúsùnò nam4 kwìí anúpá ʧ̑úmà kau sávì víkà kúl -lilua hjɔ̀ɔ́gɔ̀ʤ̑à óó kìɲì sqi βìná wuja kʊ̀lʊ̀bɛ̀ vùrí lʊlʊ + laŋiʔ kàŋà cito lahae gəʁɑl jikux mètsí tʰùmà ɣenɣen masina tánò írù lèlèp sira hita ísò tayap ìdʊ̀kò lambuk utini fùnà ùlù tɔ̀gwá mohuku twɛ̀ɛ́ taris ʃím jeri mí -ra masimasini fétà lòkà bèmbè tʰɛ́bɛ́ gɔ̀dɔ̀kà
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:
- 2023-07-02 07:34:18 (austronesian): Added Proto-Bunun from Shibata (2020).
- 2023-05-30 23:42:00 (austronesian): Added Atayal (S'uli), thanks to Andrew Hsiu.
- 2023-05-30 23:42:00 (austronesian): Added Atayal (Matu'aw), thanks to Andrew Hsiu.
- 2023-05-30 23:42:00 (austronesian): Added Atayal (Klesan), thanks to Andrew Hsiu.
- 2023-05-30 23:42:00 (austronesian): Added Atayal (Skikun), thanks to Andrew Hsiu.