ABVD: Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database
The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database is the world’s largest cross-linguistic database of the Pacific. It contains ~300,000 lexical items from ~1,600 languages spoken throughout the Pacific region.
Publications from this project
Bayesian phylogenetic analysis of Philippine languages supports a rapid migration of Malayo Polynesian languages
@article{King2024, title = {Bayesian phylogenetic analysis of Philippine languages supports a rapid migration of Malayo Polynesian languages}, author = {King, Benedict and Greenhill, Simon J. and Reid, Lawrence A. and Ross, Malcolm D. and Walworth, Mary and Gray, Russell D.}, journal = {Scientific Reports}, volume = {14}, number = {1}, publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, year = {2024}, doi = {10.1038/s41598-024-65810-x}, url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/bayesian-phylogenetic-philippines-malayo-polynesian/}, }Population Size and the Rate of Language Evolution: A Test Across Indo-European, Austronesian, and Bantu Languages
@article{Greenhill2018, title = {Population Size and the Rate of Language Evolution: A Test Across Indo-European, Austronesian, and Bantu Languages}, author = {Greenhill, Simon J. and Hua, Xia and Welsh, Caela F. and Schneemann, Hilde and Bromham, Lindell}, journal = {Frontiers in Psychology}, volume = {9}, publisher = {Frontiers Media SA}, year = {2018}, doi = {10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00576}, url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/greenhill-et-al2018/}, }Rise and fall of political complexity in island South-East Asia and the Pacific
@article{Currie2010, title = {Rise and fall of political complexity in island South-East Asia and the Pacific}, author = {Currie, Thomas E. and Greenhill, Simon J. and Gray, Russell D. and Hasegawa, Toshikazu and Mace, Ruth}, journal = {Nature}, volume = {467}, number = {7317}, pages = {801--804}, publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, year = {2010}, doi = {10.1038/nature09461}, url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/rise-and-fall-of-political-complexity-in-island-south-east-asia-and-the-pacific/}, }How Accurate and Robust Are the Phylogenetic Estimates of Austronesian Language Relationships?
@article{Greenhill2010, title = {How Accurate and Robust Are the Phylogenetic Estimates of Austronesian Language Relationships?}, author = {Greenhill, Simon J. and Drummond, Alexei J. and Gray, Russell D.}, journal = {PLoS ONE}, volume = {5}, number = {3}, pages = {e9573}, publisher = {Public Library of Science (PLoS)}, year = {2010}, doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0009573}, url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/how-accurate-and-robust-are-the-phylogenetic-estimates-of-austronesian-language-relationships/}, }Darwin, language, and two great Pacific voyages
@misc{Greenhill2009, title = {Darwin, language, and two great Pacific voyages}, author = {Greenhill, Simon J. and Gray, Russell D.}, year = {2009}, url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/darwin-language-and-two-great-pacific-voyages/}, }Austronesian language phylogenies: Myths and misconceptions about Bayesian computational methods
@misc{Greenhill2009, title = {Austronesian language phylogenies: Myths and misconceptions about Bayesian computational methods}, author = {Greenhill, Simon J. and Gray, Russell D.}, year = {2009}, url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/austronesian-language-phylogenies-myths-and-misconceptions-about-bayesian-computational-methods/}, }Matrilocal residence is ancestral in Austronesian societies
@article{Jordan2009, title = {Matrilocal residence is ancestral in Austronesian societies}, author = {Jordan, Fiona M. and Gray, Russell D. and Greenhill, Simon J. and Mace, Ruth}, journal = {Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences}, volume = {276}, number = {1664}, pages = {1957--1964}, publisher = {The Royal Society}, year = {2009}, doi = {10.1098/rspb.2009.0088}, url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/matrilocal-residence-is-ancestral-in-austronesian-societies/}, }Language Phylogenies Reveal Expansion Pulses and Pauses in Pacific Settlement
@article{Gray2009, title = {Language Phylogenies Reveal Expansion Pulses and Pauses in Pacific Settlement}, author = {Gray, Russell D. and Drummond, Alexei J. and Greenhill, Simon J.}, journal = {Science}, volume = {323}, number = {5913}, pages = {479--483}, publisher = {American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}, year = {2009}, doi = {10.1126/science.1166858}, url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/language-phylogenies-reveal-expansion-pulses-and-pauses-in-pacific-settlement/}, }The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics
@article{Greenhill2008, title = {The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics}, author = {Greenhill, Simon J. and Blust, Robert A. and Gray, Russell D.}, journal = {Evolutionary Bioinformatics}, volume = {4}, publisher = {SAGE Publications}, year = {2008}, doi = {10.4137/EBO.S893}, url = {https://simon.net.nz/articles/the-austronesian-basic-vocabulary-database-from-bioinformatics-to-lexomics/}, }