gwâl fwí lunga ßììxà gagata bífá mbéú lap hɨnda fùßà roho íŋgí piikanila jììŋgò mo31 mbàrá onda ìkɔ́ ʔatalin tʰèèxà nanamu ndjó lakit hamut pʰìmʊ̀là satloum ʤ̑wɛ̀m tok7 ngana dùljééŋgè duhaʔ kja- nandœtü nònà vo ʃòtà víví rʊ́má tuta sɔ̀bɔ́ téɣèkèrà síkìʤ̑à kúʤ̑ì fùùʧ̑à mo-mɛtˢina huni xwèèsà ààlà tsìjá gàßò nɔ̀gɔ̀ meɲa bájá ámwà mehla maatəɭəgə aasa bintaŋ ɗi fele vae pèèndè kóòŋgò gɔ̀lɔ̀ butʔúl kíŋgú jàn lìp ʔaˈɡi *susu sɛ́ndɛ́ susu tùá *prəm iplík jûrà fìgɔ́ zɛ̀ɛ̀ŋgà ndoɣe [aðði] paŋkul ràtʰà tanah úwǎ kûmì hɔ̀lɔ́ɔ́ŋgɔ́ *taʔ ndɔ́mbɔ́ɔ́
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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
- 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..
