Graeco-Phrygian is a proposed subgroup of the Indo-European language family which comprises the Hellenic and Phrygian languages.
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RegionSouthern Balkans, Anatolia and Cyprus 2 Graeco-Phrygian is a proposed subgroup; the region reflects the Greek and Phrygian areas. Proto-Language StatusHypothetical proto-Graeco-Phrygian stage, not reconstructed 2 Proposed proto stage is hypothetical and not reconstructed because Phrygian is poorly attested. Browse and compare
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Why this is disputed. Graeco-Phrygian is a proposed primary branch of Indo-European uniting Greek and the extinct Phrygian language on shared phonological and morphological innovations; the grouping is accepted by many Indo-Europeanists but not universal.
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1. Glottolog: Graeco-Phrygian (languoid record)
GlottologLanguoid record: child_language_count
"child_language_count": 13
Languoid record: level and category
"level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
View the Source 2. Graeco-Phrygian, Wikipedia
Infobox: region
Southern Balkans, Anatolia and Cyprus
Discussion of the proposal
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.
Infobox: protoname
Proto-Graeco-Phrygian
View the SourceWikidata: Graeco-Phrygian languages
Wikidata Q17143217, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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