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CLDF dataset derived from Greenhill et al.'s "Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database" from 2026
Cite the source of the dataset as: Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
DOI 10.5281/zenodo.14608975 Markdown [](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14608975) reStructuredText ..
CLDF dataset derived from Greenhill et al.'s "Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database" from 2020 focusing on Philippine languages
DOI 10.5281/zenodo.13304336 Markdown [](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13304336) reStructuredText ..
CLDF dataset derived from Blust's Austronesian data coded for the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database from 2008
DOI 10.5281/zenodo.13150156 Markdown [](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13150156) reStructuredText ..
Mele Kalikimaka! How To Say "Merry Christmas" In Hawaiian
It’s just the season to wish everyone a…Mele Kalikimaka? “Mele Kalikimaka is Hawaii’s way To say Merry Christmas to you” Made famous in 1950 by Bing Crosby and the Andrew Sisters, “Mele Kalikimaka” is indeed how the phrase “Merry Christmas” was borrowed into Hawaiian. It also demonstrates one of my favorite facts about Hawaiian and its special status among the languages of the world.
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