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Jan 1, 2018 · Phrygian is most closely related to Greek. The two languages share a few unique innovations, such as the vocalization of the laryngeals (4.3), the pronoun auto- (5.2) and
In classical antiquity, Phrygia ( / ˈfrɪdʒiə / FRIJ-ee-ə; Phrygian: 𐊩𐌏𐌛𐊅𐊄𐌌, [6] romanized: Gordum; Ancient Greek: Φρυγία, Phrygía) was a kingdom in the west-central part of Anatolia, in what is now Asian Turkey, centered on the Sangarios River. After its conquest, it became a region of the great empires of the time.
Phrygian is now classified as a centum language more closely related to Greek than Armenian, whereas Armenian is mostly satem. [23] Recent research suggests that there is lack of archaeological [24] and genetic evidence [25] for a group from the Balkans entering eastern Asia Minor or the Armenian Highlands during or after the Bronze Age ...
Paeonian, [1] sometimes spelled Paionian, is a poorly attested, extinct language spoken by the ancient Paeonians until late antiquity . Paeonia was located to the north of Macedon, south of Dardania, west of Thrace, and east of the southernmost Illyrians .
They are probably more closely related to each other than to any other IE branch, both originating in a Western-Central European dialectal area. So I think it's plausible to speak of an Italo-Celtic subgroup within the IE family. It would be very old though and it would have included other, long extinct languages besides Celtic and Italic.
Indo-Uralic. In historical linguistics, Italo-Celtic is a hypothetical grouping of the Italic and Celtic branches of the Indo-European language family on the basis of features shared by these two branches and no others. There is controversy about the causes of these similarities.
Phrygian provides in several respects the missing link between Greek and Armenian. In particular, the paradigms of the middle voice appear to have been more extensive than what we find in the separate languages. The archaic character of the Phrygian language is corroborated by the Indo-Iranian and Italo-Celtic evidence.
