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It slowly developed from Latin over many centuries and the language spoken today came specifically from the dialect spoken in Florence, due to the influence of Dante, Boccaccio, and Petrarch, who all wrote in the Florentine dialect.

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The Italian language originated from Latin, the language of the Roman Empire. Over time, regional dialects in Italy evolved and merged into what is now known as Italian. Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy in the 13th century played a significant role in establishing Italian as a literary language.

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