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329:, as below, writes warmly of many parts of the Proto-Ionian theory. He declines to address the decipherment, and omits the Celts; he also dates the Middle Cycladic culture only from 2700 BC, not 2900. Yves Duhoux expresses his disbelief in the decipherment, but does not mention the wider theory, except to deny that the Disc came from Syros. Faucounau's paper on the statistical problem of how many glyphs are likely to be omitted from a short text has never been cited. Most of it addresses the long-solved case in which the glyphs are equally likely. 64:. But alternative approaches proposing three groups are not uncommon; Thumb and Kieckers (1932) propose three groups, classifying Ionic as genetically just as separate from Arcadocypriot as from Doric. Like a few other linguists (Vladimir Georgiev, C. Rhuijgh, P. Léveque, etc.), the bipartite classification is known as the "Risch–Chadwick theory", named after its two famous proponents, Ernst Risch and 126:), with a modification: the (proto-Ionic) First wave came by sea, the "Proto-Ionians" settling first in the Cycladic Islands, then in Euboea and Attica. The last two waves are the generally accepted arrival of the Mycenaean Greeks (the linguistic predecessors of the Arcadocypriot speakers) in around 1700 BC and the 259:
for various peoples, Greek-speaking and otherwise, around the Aegean basin. Faucounau claims that the word, which he derives idiosyncratically from πελαγος, "sea", means the descendants of the proto-Ionians. Some of them lost their language because they settled among foreigners; others, such as the
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stage yet undiscovered in the time of Curtius) to mainland Greece. Curtius' hypothesis was endorsed by George Hempl in 1920. Hempl preferred to call these hypothetical, early Anatolian Greeks "Javonians". Hempl attempted to defend a reading of
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dialect group was due to an "Ionicization" of Attica by immigration from Ionia in historical times. Curtius hypothesized that there had been a "Proto-Ionian" migration from the Balkans to western Anatolia in the same period that brought the
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Faucounau's addition to this is the argument that Crete is also too far south, that the names of the constellations are (Ionic) Greek, not Minoan, and therefore that the constellation makers must be the proto-Ionians in the
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The tripartite theory was revived by amateur linguist Jean Faucounau. In his view, the first Greek settlers in their historical territory were the (Pelasgic) "proto-Ionians", who were separated around 3000 BC from both the
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bore a Greek name at a time when there was no Mycenaean pottery at Troy. Faucounau considers that all these arguments are an indirect confirmation of his own decipherment claim of the
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Dr. Crommelin, FRAS, has disputed this latitude, arguing that the constellation makers could only see to 54° S, but that this was compatible with latitudes as low as the 31°N of
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Athenians, preserved their language - Attic, apparently, arises from a mixture of proto-Ionian and other dialects. He does not explain why Homer speaks of
28:, chiefly in the works of Jean Faucounau. The relation of Ionic to the other Greek dialects has been subject to some debate. It is mostly grouped with 244:, which he identifies as a center of proto-Ionian civilization, is at 37°20'. On this basis, he identifies the proto-Ionians with the archaeological 539: 498: 479: 133:
Following Georgiev, Faucounau makes three arguments for the proto-Ionic language. The first is the explanation of certain Mycenaean forms as
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period, but sometimes also as separate from Arcadocypriot on equal footing with Doric, suggesting three distinct waves of migration.
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Le traitement des sonantes voyelles indo-européennes et le problème du caractère de la langue mycénienne
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He adds to the above arguments with archaeological facts. For example, the Treaty of
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is unexpectedly absent from some Mycenaean words, the occasional resolution of
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His third argument depends on Herodotus's somewhat obscure use of the word
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as Greek παδάω/πηδάω, "spring leap, bound", which he interprets as both
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Faucounau's "Proto-Ionic Disk Language" has most of the properties of
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The second argument is a refinement of a long-established argument in
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Faucounau's work on this subject has received two scholarly notices.
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Atti e Memorie del Secondo Congresso Internazionale di Micenologia
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from the proto-Ionians already present in Greece: he asserts that
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invisible. Crommelin estimates the constellators at 2460 BC;
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Proceedings of the Cambridge Colloquium on Mycenaean Studies
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as a separate branch of Indo-European by Hrozný in 1917.
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Discussion by Faucounau of the "Risch-Chadwick Theory"
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Einleitung in die Geschichte der griechischen Sprache
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Les Proto-Ioniens : histoire d'un peuple oublié
240:. The south coast of Crete follows 35°N latitude; 71:The "Proto-Ionians" first appear in the work of 93:as Greek, in spite of the establishment of the 163:for τράπεζα, and the explanation of Mycenaean 20:are the hypothetical earliest speakers of the 442:Mycénien et homérique: Le problème du digamma 52:into two large genetic groups, one including 8: 491:Prehistoric Wanderings of the Hittite Greeks 197:in the present sky and the hypothesis that 193:. Ovenden concluded, from the slant of the 48:Mainstream Greek linguistics separates the 472:Hellenicity: between ethnicity and culture 322:are all descended from the Proto-Ionians. 546:London, 1923 Vol . II pp. 640–669. 542:"The ancient Constellation Figures" in 431:Les Origines Grecques à l'Age de Bronze 596:National Geographic Atlas of the World 558:Sur la position dialectale du Mycénien 424:Les Peuples de la Mer et leur Histoire 362:Le déchiffrement du Disque de Phaistos 171:with, and having the same meaning as, 544:Hutchinson's Splendour of the Heavens 474:. University of Chicago Press, 2002, 248:culture: after all, they made round " 7: 638:Aegean languages in the Bronze Age 569:Handbuch der griechischen Dialekte 463:, Salamanca 1972, p. 361-379. 448:, Cambridge 1966, p. 104-124. 14: 526:The Origin of the Constellations 84:dialect (the successor of the 75:(1887), who believed that the 1: 417:Vol. 15 (2002), p. 424f. 122:, before the decipherment of 56:and the other including both 564:(Roma 1996) p. 115-124. 118:in the 1890s and the 1900s ( 530:The Philosophical Journal 3 659: 551:Les Civilisations égéennes 415:Revue des études grecques 581:A Greek–English Lexicon 578:Liddell, Scott, Jones, 567:A. Thumb, E. Kieckers, 549:Cornelis J. Ruijgh, in 375:, Paris 2001. Esp. pp. 228:has estimated 2170 BC. 44:Position of Ionic Greek 598:(1992 ed.) p. 66. 532:(1966), p. 1-18. 268:is called Pelasgian. 556:Cornelis J. Ruijgh, 524:Michael W. Ovenden, 455:Vladimir Georgiev, " 440:Vladimir Georgiev, " 413:Review: Paul Faure, 294:, including loss of 470:Jonathan M. Hallm, 540:A. C. D. Crommelin 515:L'aventure grecque 503:Paul Kretschmer, 499:978-0-8047-0838-8 480:978-0-226-31329-0 246:Early Cycladic II 91:Hittite cuneiform 650: 628:Archaeoastronomy 611: 594: 577: 538: 523: 517:, p. 16-29. 488: 469: 454: 439: 429:Jean Faucounau, 422:Jean Faucounau, 409: 404: 399: 394: 389: 384: 379: 371:Jean Faucounau, 370: 360:Jean Faucounau, 287:as proto-Ionic. 183:archaeoastronomy 130:around 1100 BC. 95:Hittite language 658: 657: 653: 652: 651: 649: 648: 647: 618: 617: 608: 605: 591: 574: 535: 520: 485: 466: 451: 436: 406: 401: 396: 391: 386: 381: 376: 367: 357: 349:Dorian invasion 335: 128:Dorian invasion 116:Paul Kretschmer 103: 46: 12: 11: 5: 656: 654: 646: 645: 640: 635: 630: 620: 619: 616: 615: 604: 603:External links 601: 600: 599: 589: 572: 565: 554: 547: 533: 518: 511:Pierre Lévêque 508: 501: 489:George Hempl, 483: 464: 449: 434: 427: 420: 419: 418: 365: 356: 353: 352: 351: 346: 344:Greek dialects 341: 334: 331: 281:Hittite empire 195:constellations 110:and the proto- 102: 99: 86:Mycenean Greek 50:Greek dialects 45: 42: 32:as opposed to 22:Ionic dialects 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 655: 644: 641: 639: 636: 634: 631: 629: 626: 625: 623: 614: 610: 607: 606: 602: 597: 593: 590: 587: 583: 582: 576: 573: 570: 566: 563: 559: 555: 552: 548: 545: 541: 537: 534: 531: 527: 522: 519: 516: 512: 509: 506: 502: 500: 496: 492: 487: 484: 482:, p. 39. 481: 477: 473: 468: 465: 462: 461:Acta Mycenaea 458: 453: 450: 447: 443: 438: 435: 433:, Paris 2005. 432: 428: 426:, Paris 2003. 425: 421: 416: 412: 411: 408: 403: 398: 393: 388: 383: 378: 374: 369: 366: 364:, Paris 1999. 363: 359: 358: 354: 350: 347: 345: 342: 340: 337: 336: 332: 330: 328: 323: 321: 317: 313: 309: 305: 301: 297: 293: 292:Homeric Greek 288: 286: 285:Phaistos Disk 282: 278: 274: 269: 267: 263: 258: 253: 251: 247: 243: 239: 233: 231: 230:E. 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Index

Ionic dialects
Ancient Greek
Arcadocypriot
Doric
Proto-Greek
Greek dialects
Doric Greek
Arcadocypriot
Ionic Greek
John Chadwick
Ernst Curtius
Attic-Ionic
Arcadic
Mycenean Greek
Hittite cuneiform
Hittite language
Dorians
Mycenaeans
Paul Kretschmer
Linear B
Dorian invasion
loan-words
digamma
Indo-European
vocalic r
cognate
English
archaeoastronomy
precession
equinoxes

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