babaʔ hú ʃú kayi sìrò púm ojes léèlé péʊ́ nùùŋʰà ʧ̑ɔ́ mʷane nɛ̀ɛ̀nɛ́ hɔ̀má puuŋgula χɛ́lɛ́lá lala|ine kàɩ́ larakin pat no-ᵐboðoᵑgo bone ma-i-ied ʤ̑àsì n-wak su iⁿdʳa ɣénì ʃìígìnɔ̌ sɛ́ watitik ŋkaʔumpeha tətawə taŋga panew *ti= gyàŋgà mpwosada roʔa aela nóónò pwálì wop he karu vahrơu kúŋkìkà ʥil nɔ̀ɔ́tǎ dɔk9 tʰàxò susu- hús mnia luʔa sɔ́gɔ́ sjà ele lìmélímè ʤ̑ámà lòndòl sàkùlà ɲàmà ììkì fúdúχá kúmbì hujan kivuru sea àfù sùpá aera tòòkí boo ìmà ààrà ʤ̑iŋki ìnnà katol bìrá abarao kabuŋu kúlù bittah kútìk túútú mɑlu àmà mausing iera|mwaan nəiʔ benjaŋ menapa lɔ̀gì túlùtùùʃ ondade bɛ́ɛ̀
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:
- 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
- 2025-02-21 01:11:40 (austronesian): Added Aneityumese from Inglis (1882). Thanks to Simon Greenhill
- 2025-01-18 10:01:40 (austronesian): Added Acehnese-Lamno from Irnanda et al., (2024). Thanks to Septhia Irnanda
