Editing Phrygian language (section)

==Phonology==
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! [[Labial consonant|Labial]]
! [[Dental consonant|Dental]]
! [[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
! [[Palatal consonant|Palatal]]
! [[Velar consonant|Velar]]
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! [[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
| {{IPA|m}}
| {{IPA|n}}
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!  [[Stop consonant|Stop]]
| {{IPA|p}} {{IPA|b}}
| {{IPA|t}} {{IPA|d}}
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| {{IPA|k}} {{IPA|ɡ}}
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! [[Fricative consonant|Fricative]]
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| {{IPA|s}}
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! [[Affricate consonant|Affricate]]
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| {{IPA|ts}} {{IPA|dz}}
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! [[Approximant consonant|Approximant]]
|  {{IPA|w}}
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| {{IPA|l}}
| {{IPA|j}}
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!  [[Trill consonant|Trill]]
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| {{IPA|r}}
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It has long been claimed that Phrygian exhibits a [[sound law|sound change]] of [[stop consonant]]s, similar to [[Grimm's Law]] in [[Germanic languages|Germanic]] and, more to the point, sound laws found in [[Proto-Armenian]];<ref>Bonfante, G. "Phrygians and Armenians", ''Armenian Quarterly'', 1 (1946), 82- 100 (p. 88).</ref> i.e., [[voicing (phonetics)|voicing]] of PIE [[aspirated consonant|aspirates]], [[devoicing]] of PIE [[voiced stop]]s and aspiration of [[voiceless stop]]s. This hypothesis was rejected by Lejeune (1979) and Brixhe (1984)<ref>Woodard, Roger D. ''The Ancient Languages of Asia Minor'', Cambridge University Press, 2008, {{ISBN|0-521-68496-X}}, p. 74.</ref> but revived by Lubotsky (2004) and Woodhouse (2006), who argue that there is evidence of a partial shift of [[obstruent]] series; i.e., voicing of PIE aspirates (''*bʱ'' > ''b'') and devoicing of PIE voiced stops (''*d'' > ''t'').<ref>Lubotsky, A. "The Phrygian Zeus and the problem of „Lautverschiebung". ''Historische Sprachforschung'', 117. 2. (2004), 229–237.</ref>

The [[affricate]]s ''ts'' and ''dz'' may have developed from [[Velar consonant|velar]]s before [[front vowel]]s.