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  1. Graeco-Phrygian (/ ˌ ɡ r iː k oʊ ˈ f r ɪ dʒ i ən /) is a proposed subgroup of the Indo-European language family which comprises the Hellenic and Phrygian languages. Modern consensus views Greek as the closest relative of Phrygian, a position that is supported by Brixhe , Neumann, Matzinger, Woodhouse, Ligorio, Lubotsky, and Obrador-Cursach.

  2. The Phrygians (Greek: Φρύγες, Phruges or Phryges) were an ancient Indo-European speaking people who inhabited central-western Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) in antiquity.

  3. Sep 4, 2024 · Linguistic evidence reveals that Greek is widely regarded as the closest relative of Phrygian, with numerous shared phonological, morphological, and lexical features, suggesting a possible proto-Graeco-Phrygian stage.

  4. Sep 4, 2024 · Linguistic Evidence Supporting a Graeco-Phrygian Connection. Linguistic evidence plays a crucial role in understanding the relationship between Greek and Phrygian. The modern consensus among scholars is that Greek is the closest relative of Phrygian within the Indo-European language family.

  5. We know from their inscriptions that the Phrygians spoke an Indo-European language. Judging from historical records supported by ceramic evidence, settlers migrating from the Balkans in Europe first settled here a hundred or more years following the destruction of the Hittite empire (ca. 1200 B.C.). Most of what is known about Phrygian ...

  6. Schmidt was the first to designate Phrygian as a language closely akin to Greek in 1869. The question of whether Phrygian was a satəm language plagued much of the early 20th century scholarship. As a result, the language was often seen as most closely related to Thracian or Armenian.

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  8. Mar 18, 2015 · In the context of the Kurgan hypothesis, Greco-Aryan is also known as “Late PIE” or “Late Indo-European” (LIE), suggesting that Greco-Aryan forms a dialect group which corresponds to the latest stage of linguistic unity in the Indo-European homeland in the early part of the 3rd millennium BC.

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