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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
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.
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Prósper (2021) has made a convincing case that Lusitanian is not Celtic but if anything more closely related to Italic. We eagerly await the discovery of more inscriptions that might answer the question of the affinities of Italic and Lusitanian more conclusively.
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.
Summary. This chapter provides an overview of the main distinguishing features of the Celtic branch of Indo-European. It furthermore discussses the internal relationship between the branches of Celtic, specifically the position of Brittonic. The main arguments in favour of Gallo-Brittonic and Insular Celtic are evaluated.
The Italic languages share a new verbal adjective, the gerundive, with the suffix -ndo-in Latin and *-nno-in Sabellic (Osc. úpsannam ‘to be constructed’, Umb. ocrer pihaner ‘to purify the city’). The origin of this form and the synchronically related gerund, not attested in Sabellic, are much debated.
Although a linguistic and epigraphic approach is the core of the book, it covers all major topics of research on Phrygian: the historical and archaeological contexts in which the Phrygian texts were found, a comprehensive grammar with diachronic and comparative remarks, an overview of the linguistic contacts attested for Phrygian, a discussion a...