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The current form of the Italian language has developed from a near ancient dialect utilized in Florence in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The contributors of which were Dante Alighieri, Francesco Petrarca and Giovani Boccaccio of whom are widely considered the “Fathers of Italian language”. |
Said individuals cemented the foundation of the language which then several contributors aided in the final product of the language over several centuries. This particular dialect began to predominate thanks to its similarity to Latin and to the commercial power of Florence. |
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It was not yet a full flowing language, it was far from purity. As time passed there were debates regarding the linguistic codification, which was yet to be put in place. In 1525 the Venetian Pietro Bembo set out his proposition for the flourishing language in his work entitled "Prose della volgar lingua" (Proses of the vulgar language) for a standardization of style and language. |
The basis for his work were Boccaccio and Petrarca and his work was nothing short of revolutionary. The first edition of an official Italian dictionary was edited by the Accademia Della Crusca and was published in 1612, again based on the works of Dante, Petrarca and Boccaccio. |
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The Tuscan dialect is still considered as the “cleanest” form of Italian dialects. It was not until the mid-nineteenth century that this form of the Italian language spread to the point of classification as the official language of Italy. |
The total unification of the Italian people boosted a critical transformation of the social, economic, political and cultural situation. As a result, the literacy rate increased with sanctions such as mandatory schooling. |
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Thus resulting in many speakers abandoning prior native vernacular to adopt Italian. With the exposure to television in the later stages of the twentieth century, the literacy rate again, increased due to people having the need to follow news broadcasts and TV programs which actual teachers taught grammar and orthography. |
This expansion did not in any way cancel out other forms of Italian dialect that are spoken throughout Italy; it just solidified the stance of modern Italian being the “official” language. |
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The Italian language had come to its current state through the ancient indigenous people of the Italian peninsula. The indigenous people who were labeled as “Etruscan” ancient civilization. Their established linguistic culture was written in symbols derived from Greek manuscript. |
However, it was still never truly deciphered even after several years. The consideration for the “indigenous” label came through the idea that these people came early enough to be descendants of the Stone Age cave painters from millenniums ago. |
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That said, however, still lands them in on the opposite side of history regardless due to timing. They had reportedly arrived in the 9th century BC from Lydia, an area opposite of the Greek Samos Island. These people constructed the initial civilizations of Italy; |
they ruled the Romans with a federation centered in what is not present day Tuscany. In 509 BC the Etruscan rule came to an end when the Roman overthrew the king and declared themselves to be a solitary Republic. Then in 396 BC the Etruscans were ultimately eliminated as their city fell to Roman siege following a losing battle against the Greeks. |
