Armeno-Phrygian


The Armeno-Phrygians are a hypothetical people of West Asia in prehistory.
There are two conflicting accounts of their origins.
The name Armeno-Phrygian is also used for a hypothetical language branch, which would include their languages, 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. Classification is difficult because little is known of Phrygian, but Proto-Armenian arguably forms a subgroup with Greek and Indo-Iranian.
The name Mushki can also mean both Armenians and Phrygians. It was applied to different peoples by different sources and at different times. It can mean Phrygians, in Assyrian sources, as well as the Proto-Armenians. A third and possibly original usage of Mushki refers to a people originally from the Caucasus region, who settled in Anatolia.