Our team develops methods for computer-assisted language comparison. These methods are then employed in comparative linguistics and neighboring disciplines. We use these methods ot answer fundamental research questions on the evolution of languages, their typology, and the role they play in human cognition. In this context, we use interdisciplinary approaches in which we apply methods from computer science and bioinformatics to problems in general and comparative linguistics. While purely computer-based approaches are quite frequent nowadays, we focus specifically on computer-assisted frameworks which foster the exchange between classical and computer-assited approaches, by developing interfaces that allow scholars to produce and analyze data in human- and machine-readable form.