kùùxù kûŋgà twɛ̂dù 'ote víví ßì pwà mbwí nik vaaŋgala *uma sógól sɛ̀ɛ̀ŋgà kùùtʰà eno nɔ̀gɔ̀ kà pari sáví térì hɑndɑʔ ho:ŋ1 ni2 bə31 nwai33 ʃíʃìmà 'au sààfù ʃòtà tuha ljó: nàŋànìʃ ɩ̀mbá zien6 amu tûrò mɨharang miri mɔ22 rázì góòmbò no-kanok tagaluka gu rârà 'lakti lémù vati bura duwe ʔɨw'wa loga katka- ìrì danum tɨmbe -xòsjà tâßì nɔ̀ɲánɩ́ gʊ̀là βʊ̀βà *raŋ-laya su alung meme *na:n4 ɣúpè ekor làp ʊ̀ʊ̀jɛ́ nwà pamu malolit lagoba qumoui i tonto búá nɛ̀ɛ̀ŋgɛ̀ɛ̀là nsààná nʧènʧè bèlé antunu léèlé tàndà mʊ́bʊ́dí moedeʔai sé ikoru pəran rèŋgá ampandano weipalala bèlá dátʊ́
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:
Alumni:
Database News:
- 2022-09-24 04:42:22 (austronesian): Added Lamen Bay from Mary Walworth. Thanks to Lana Takau
- 2022-09-24 04:39:38 (austronesian): Added Buang (Headwaters dialect) from Gillian Sankoff. Thanks to Gillian Sankoff
- 2022-09-24 04:38:02 (austronesian): Added Lewo (Nikaura village) from Mary Walworth. Thanks to Lana Takau
- 2022-09-24 04:37:15 (austronesian): Added Lewo (Nivu village) from Mary Walworth. Thanks to Lana Takau
- 2022-09-24 04:35:33 (austronesian): Added Lewo (Mate village) from Mary Walworth. Thanks to Lana Takau
