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Graeco-Phrygian languages

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Graeco-Phrygian is a proposed subgroup of the Indo-European language family which comprises the Hellenic and Phrygian languages.

Facts
Disputed
Region
Southern Balkans, Anatolia and Cyprus 1
Graeco-Phrygian is a proposed subgroup; the region reflects the Greek and Phrygian areas.
Proto-Language Status
Hypothetical proto-Graeco-Phrygian stage, not reconstructed 1
Proposed proto stage is hypothetical and not reconstructed because Phrygian is poorly attested.
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Descends From

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.

Sources
1. Graeco-Phrygian, Wikipedia
  • Infobox, geographic distribution
    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.
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