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An alternative theory, suggested by Eric P. Hamp, is that Phrygian was most closely related to Italo-Celtic languages. Inscriptions. The Phrygian epigraphical material is divided into two distinct subcorpora, Old Phrygian and New Phrygian. These attest different stages of the Phrygian language, are written with different alphabets and upon ...
- After the 5th century AD
The r-passive (mediopassive voice) was initially thought to be an innovation restricted to Italo-Celtic until it was found to be a retained archaism shared with Hittite, Tocharian, and possibly the Phrygian language.
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Summary. This chapter discusses the evidence for the existence of an intermediate subgroup Proto-Italo-Celtic, the parent of Proto-Italic and Proto-Celtic. The chapter also examines the connections between Italic and Celtic and the other northwest Indo-European subgroups.
The archaic character of the Phrygian language is corroborated by the Indo-Iranian and Italo-Celtic evidence. Download Free PDF View PDF Sound Changes from Old Phrygian to New Phrygian in an Areal Context, handout, "Beyond All Boundaries: Anatolia in the 1st Millennium B.C.", Ascona, Switzerland, 17 - 22/06/2018
- Bartomeu Obrador-Cursach
languages, the former representing an epenthetic vowel that sometimes preserves the color of the laryngeal in Italo-Celtic (Schrijver 1991: 56-73), Graeco-Phrygian (Kortlandt 2016d: 250f.), and Armenian (Kortlandt 2003: 75-78). The consonantal reflexes are a glottal stop in Anatolian, Graeco-Phrygian (circumflex from hiatus in
The language is believed to be related to the extinct Illyrian languages that were spoken on the east side of the Adriatic. Phrygian language, ancient Indo-European language of west-central Anatolia. Textual evidence for Phrygian falls into two distinct groups.
Notable features. Type of writing system: alphabet. Writing direction: variable - boustrophedon (right to left / left to right) Used to write: Phrygian. Phrygian alphabet. The Greek and Latin equivalents are shown under each letter, and their pronunciation is given where known. Sample text in Phrygian. Links.