ʔɨ'sa kuumbuʧila gúβǎ bàʤ̑à rawuh sùnùkò kururúʔa ulɑi semua woɣoβæɣa ɛ̀ɛ̀ndá kahñu zàɣù na-tua-ŋu vuruvuru paʔupaʔu lɛ́pɛ́ sóŋgóólò jika nénum sɔ̀ɔ̀lɔ̀ɔ́ hérèrà -arkʷak rai ɕe44 po̰ŋ24 sònd matan le|lale-li sòòlò puuŋgula χɔ́χá ripana túŋgú βiti sá ìnsó *parəʔ va:6 bɩ́χá tótó lúmé álá waitaw bàj nʤ̑ù fwààlà ita- jéŋ àndà pɩ̀là làlʊ́kú fɛ̀ràbʊ̀ŋwɩ̀ huji kaze lien kwàtí búsí gèlèkà valaka po'to di kɔu di ẓik mbúʤ̑ì tímá vina hai sòs *i-aku hakamui lɩ̀pà húndùkà xòlò kùmbùúkà sissɛl làgò -as tetal nilih búà sumoPe ǒbà lhaua rʊ́má nnè lìmì kɤŋ11
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:
- 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..
