Introduction.
Most of the known words are related to particular sites and places and they are the result of the succession of the two main cultures of the native Sardinia: pre-nuraghic and nuraghic.

The Basque-Caucasian stratum.
Experts agree on dating back the Sardinian language to the oldest panmediterranean stratum, called the Basque-Caucasian stratum. Experts also distinguish between two different language areas:
• the northen area, called “reto-ligure”
• the souther area, called “afro-iberica”.
This distinction of the language reproduces the anthropological division between the northen Sardinia’s population, both euroafrican and euroasian (dolichos and brachymorphic), and the southern Sardinia’s population, completely euroafrican (dolichomorphic).

Comparative table.
Experts made a comparative table pointing out the analogies between the elements of the lexical patrimony of the Basque language and the Sardinian toponymic words:
• In Sardinian “Bitti” (lamb) and in Basque “Bitin” (kid)
• In Sardinian “Golosti” (holly) and in Basque “Gorosti” (holly)
• In Sardinian “Mogoro” (hill) and in Basque “Mokor” (sod, trunk)

It’s clear we are talking about remains of the same language, spoken by both Sardinian and Basque populations and coming from the East (Caucasian perimediterranean zone).
Such a commonality between the two languages is fortified through the following contacts during the Copper Age and during the first stage of the Bronze Age.

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Pour approfondir
La religiosità nella cultura di Ozieri
Menhirs
Le sepolture della cultura di S.Michele
Dolmen
Domus de Janas
Domus de janas case eterne
Sepolture a circolo
I circoli di Arzachena
I corredi di Arzachena
Le Armi
La Gran madre e il Toro
La madre mediterranea
Pre-Nuraghic language
Legami culturali e linguistici