Many hypotheses have been proposed-often presenting contrasting scenarios-regarding the origins of the Nuragic language, which has survived to the present day in a few lexical items and numerous toponyms. By retracing these different scenarios and highlighting the objective limitations of various reconstructions, the Author revisits-also on the basis of new glottological evidence-the idea of a privileged relationship between Paleo-Sardinian (an Indo-European language) and the Balkan and Aegean worlds, predating the full emergence of Hellas.