Armeno-Phrygian languages

Pontic Steppe Caucasus East Asia Eastern Europe Northern Europe Pontic Steppe Northern/Eastern Steppe Europe South Asia Steppe Europe Caucasus Central Asia India Indo-Aryans Iranians Nuristanis East Asia Europe East Asia Europe Indo-Aryan Iranian Indo-Aryan Iranian Others European The name Armeno-Phrygian is used for a hypothetical language branch, which would include the languages spoken by the Phrygians and the Armenians, and would be a branch of the Indo-European language family, or a sub-branch of either the proposed "Graeco-Armeno-Aryan" or "Armeno-Aryan" branches.

According to this hypothesis, Proto-Armenian was a language descendant from a common ancestor with Phrygian and was closely related to it.

Classification is difficult because little is known of Phrygian, but Proto-Armenian arguably forms a subgroup with Greek and Indo-Iranian.

[8] A number of linguists have rejected a close relationship between Armenian and Phrygian, despite saying that the two languages do share some features.

[14] Recent research suggests that there is lack of archaeological[15] and genetic evidence[16] for a group from the Balkans entering eastern Asia Minor or the Armenian Highlands during or after the Bronze Age Collapse (as was suggested by Diakonoff).