Graeco-Phrygian
| Graeco-Phrygian | |
|---|---|
| Greco-Phrygian | |
| (proposed) | |
| Geographic distribution | Southern Balkans, Anatolia and Cyprus |
| Linguistic classification | Indo-European
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| Proto-language | Proto-Graeco-Phrygian |
| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | grae1234 |
| Hypothetical Indo-European phylogenetic clades |
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| Balkan |
| Other |
Graeco-Phrygian (/ˌɡriːkoʊˈfrɪdʒiən/) is a proposed subgroup of the Indo-European language family which comprises the Hellenic and Phrygian languages.
Modern consensus views Greek as the closest relative of Phrygian, a position that is supported by Brixhe, Neumann, Matzinger, Woodhouse, Ligorio, Lubotsky, and Obrador-Cursach. Furthermore, out of 36 isoglosses collected by Obrador Cursach, Phrygian shared 34 with Greek, with 22 being exclusive between them. The last 50 years of Phrygian scholarship developed a hypothesis that proposes a proto-Graeco-Phrygian stage out of which Greek and Phrygian originated, and if Phrygian was more sufficiently attested, that stage could perhaps be reconstructed.