Graeco-Phrygian

Graeco-Phrygian
Greco-Phrygian
(proposed)
Geographic
distribution
Southern Balkans, Anatolia and Cyprus
Linguistic classificationIndo-European
  • Graeco-Phrygian
Proto-languageProto-Graeco-Phrygian
Subdivisions
Language codes
Glottologgrae1234

Graeco-Phrygian (/ˌɡrkˈfrɪiən/) 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.