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The Phrygian language was the Indo-European language of the Phrygians, spoken in Anatolia , during classical antiquity . Phrygian ethno-linguistic homogeneity is debatable. Ancient Greek authors used "Phrygian" as an umbrella term to describe a vast ethno-cultural complex located mainly in the central areas of Anatolia rather than a name of a single "tribe" or "people". Because of the ...
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.
Indo-Uralic. v. t. e. 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. They are usually considered to be innovations, likely to ...
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.
I believe in Italo-Celtic, and a grouping above that containing Italo-Celtic, Helleno-Phrygian, and Germanic. Also, a grouping of Balto-Slavic, Indo-Iranic, Armenian, and maybe Albanian. I think Albanian might actually be its own thing though, as in some instances it actually retains the original ḱ k kʷ distinction according to Wikipedia's ...
t. e. Paleo-Balkan peoples and their respective languages in Eastern Europe and Anatolia between 5th and 1st century BC. The Armeno-Phrygians are a hypothetical people of West Asia (specifically of Asia Minor and the Armenian Highlands) during the Bronze Age, the Bronze Age collapse, and its aftermath. They would be the common ancestors of both ...
The Thracian language ( / ˈθreɪʃən /) is an extinct and poorly attested language, spoken in ancient times in Southeast Europe by the Thracians. The linguistic affinities of the Thracian language are poorly understood, but it is generally agreed that it was an Indo-European language with satem features. A contemporary, neighboring language ...
