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The Phrygian language (/ ˈ f r ɪ dʒ i ə n /) was the Indo-European language of the Phrygians, spoken in Anatolia (modern Turkey), during classical antiquity (c. 8th century BCE to 5th century CE). Phrygian ethno-linguistic homogeneity is debatable.
- After the 5th century AD
The Phrygians ( Greek: Φρύγες, Phruges or Phryges) were an ancient Indo-European speaking people who inhabited central-western Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) in antiquity.
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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
Dec 1, 2019 · PDF | On Dec 1, 2019, Bartomeu Obrador-Cursach published On the place of Phrygian among the Indo-European languages | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
Phrygian language, ancient Indo-European language of west-central Anatolia. Textual evidence for Phrygian falls into two distinct groups. Old Phrygian texts date from the 8th to 3rd centuries bce and are written in an alphabet related to but different from that of Greek.
Phrygian was the language spoken in the kingdom of Phrygia, in what is now eastern Turkey. Phrygian kings Gordias, Midas, and Mygdon have been significant in much of Greek mythology. Allies of the Trojans, Phrygians are said to have fought in the Trojan War.
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.
