Nuragic
Adjective
Meaning
Nuragic (comparative more Nuragic, superlative most Nuragic)
Of or relating to a civilization of Sardinia, which lasted from the Mediterranean Bronze Age until the 2nd century CE and built monuments of a type called nuraghe.
Examples
In 1984, Massimo Pittau said he found in the Etruscan language the etymology of many Latin words after comparing it with the Nuragic language(s).
Pittau emphasized that this concerns terms originally ending in an accented vowel, with an attached paragogic vowel; the suffix resisted Latinization in some place names, which show a Latin body and a Nuragic suffix.
Many Nuragic cultural traits and values were inherited by the Etruscans and by the Romans.
There are also some stylistic differences between north and south Nuragic Sardinia, which may indicate the existence of two other tribal groups ( Balares and Ilienses ) mentioned by the same Roman author.