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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
Δ, the variant ‘𐊍’ cited right next to it is identical to ‘Λ,’ a letter of the Hellenic alphabets with a Lydian name (‘labda’) and apparent origin to the sound of ‘l.’. Most likely, an apparent further error in the table on show. E, was rendered as short ‘e’ with its variant on the right as long ‘e:’ apparently.
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This article provides specific details on the alphabetic script and language of the Phrygians, who appeared in Anatolia during the Early Iron Age, ca. 1200–1000 BCE and retained a distinctive identity there until the end of Classical antiquity. Phrygian settlements can be recognized by the presence of texts in the Phrygian language ...
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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- Indo-EuropeanItalo-Celtic
This book provides an updated view of our knowledge about Phrygian, an Indo-European language attested to have been spoken in Anatolia between the 8th century BC and the Roman Imperial period.
- Bartomeu Obrador-Cursach
The superlative formant *- ism̥mo- seems the strongest argument for Italo-Celtic. It should be noted, by the way, that the same formant is continued in (para-)Venetic ( venixema from Emona), but this is unproblematic if one believes, as I do, that Venetic was an Italic language.
The archaic character of the Phrygian language is corroborated by the Indo-Iranian and Italo-Celtic evidence. The aim of this paper is to gather together certain relevant features of Phrygian based on our current knowledge of the language in order to determine its dialectal position inside the Indo-European family.
