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The name Armeno-Phrygian is used for a hypothetical language branch, which would include the languages spoken by the Phrygians and the Armenians, and would be a branch of the Indo-European language family, or a sub-branch of either the proposed "Graeco-Armeno-Aryan" or "Armeno-Aryan" branches. According to this hypothesis, Proto-Armenian was a ...
Languages of the Indo-European family are classified as either centum languages or satem languages according to how the dorsal consonants (sounds of "K", "G" and "Y" type) of the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European language (PIE) developed. An example of the different developments is provided by the words for "hundred" found in the early attested ...
Nov 21, 2023 · The Phrygian Kingdom was a state in Anatolia (modern Turkey) which thrived in the 8th century BCE. Little is known abut the Phrygian origin or rise to power before they founded their capital of ...
A third division, occurring between Paleo-Phrygian and Neo-Phrygian is considered, based on a single inscription found in the city of Dokimeion. Dated to the end of the 4th Century B.C. Separated because it is the first Phrygian text written in the Greek alphabet, but it still precedes Neo-Phrygian in terms of phonetic
I'm going to place some Phrygian sentences here as I decide which to include: Pinke (five) tas (those) dakeres (parts) onomaniais (named) mirou (in the monument) ik (for the) knaiken (wife) edaes (made).---"He has made those five parts named in the monument for the wife." Ios ni semon knoumane kakon daket aini manka.
The Phrygian language. Phrygian is one of the oldest and least attested Indo-European languages. It is far from being completely understood and decipherment is still in progress. Unlike other poorly attested languages, Phrygian has written records in the Phrygian and later the Greek alphabet.
Vocabulary. Phrygian is attested fragmentarily, known only from a comparatively small corpus of inscriptions. A few hundred Phrygian words are attested; however, the meaning and etymologies of many of these remain unknown. A famous Phrygian word is bekos, meaning "bread". According to Herodotus ( Histories 2.2) Pharaoh Psammetichus I wanted to ...
