-tolu ùlù fàtɬʰà ɣóŋgà búɲà káándàpàlè masusu nɪ-ŋmʷɪt ɔ̀nɛ́ -làlà ɲùùɲà sika sɔ̀ɔ̀ndàá óp ììnzɩ́ koa ràrà xie13 ᵐbelβer kìmà amarat gɔ̀m ȵyt7 kuŋ1 po2 bulók mas tòólò gɔ̀tá ßèkà kàɩ́ kɔ́gɔ̀ bolam haкaasen mɔŋ53 kuŋ22 tsaŋ24 ɔ́ naṃari ɡa13 mu21 tɕi33 ma33 sàná ndà zà ɣira fùsà làá kúrò kúfí tàmbú mètsí ráχʊ́ no vəi24 jaŋ31 pə31 tɕi53 ùlìlà manu ponggu heya aon ßwáàjì badu rʊ̀rʊ̀mà mio èfù sós karasa lémù pàbà itekaa *qaCéy làp réndé ei- kùlù χàtɬá bèŋgà fódísá ʃíʃìmà kóló tagbis kuti rèʤ̑ù ŋàndá ʔihhingɨd xòòmbà haŋ3 kwí ndea nawalae
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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
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Database News:
- 2024-03-06 21:34:38 (austronesian): Added South African Malay (Cape Malay) from Koolhof, Ross, Davids, & Van Der Wouden. Thanks to Karl Andrei Flores
- 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.