Geoff Pullum explores a “lumper” view, which posits one Germanic language spoken from Hungary to Belgium, and a “splitter” view, which shows four or five languages on the Italian island alone.

Tutto torna, the first narrative film by Enrico Pitzianti (the director of the documentary Piccola pesca), has become a hit in its native Sardinia, where it was released on May 9. The film will now ...

Though both Pretziada and Luxi Bia draw from Sardinian aesthetics — and the craft knowledge used to realize them — Ms. Chenven and Mr. Atzori said the project’s value goes beyond surface appeal.