madulaw kɩ̀ɩ́ swèsà àpàrɔ̀ melechedáchem tamusi kìlá kú iri apan tsàtsí ɣəni dengen oalu kàŋ boa sa33 taaŋgawala təvələɣ kamulaanʤila kaheʔ ápí fúdúχá tátù ómànà pua53 phiu35 aromrom íìndì fua ʤ̑wà kwɛ́ɛ̀ mtŭ ne-su-k grara faolo nàŋ́ kha:u1 miruka lamara púsyá mwâ ahitake toto pândà gwaandama fòlé káákààt arero *qaNup bobot nùmá ahl *hla: lɔ́pá kùlà ùú daʔolo tàβɩ̀ɩ̀là têndà ǎkà mia buk nan31 kúkú látswá ʃíkúlú ɣœi masunia sàbì hɔ̀má kéri atele oota kûmì kwâtà kóp sòkà pedek mañuduk matie nwá mákèrà pikula búá pùùxúùlù kartow ngadan ʤ̑ìkà pegu-fane haβe
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:
- 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..
- 2025-02-23 23:56:44 (austronesian): Added Dalkalaen from Kilu von Prince (2012). Thanks to Simon Greenhill
