Corsican (corsu, ; full name: lingua corsa [ˈliŋɡwa ˈkorsa], ) is a Romance language constituted by the complex of the Italo-Romance dialects spoken on the Mediterranean island of Corsica and on the northern end of the island of Sardinia ().Corsican is closely related to the Tuscan varieties from the Italian peninsula, and therefore to the Florentine-based standard Italian.

The Nuragic civilization, also known as the Nuragic culture, was a civilization or culture on Sardinia (), the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, which lasted from the 18th century BC (or from the 23rd century BC ) up to the Roman colonization in 238 BC. Others date the culture as lasting at least until the 2nd century AD and in some areas, namely the Barbagia, to the 6th …