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There isn't a simple answer. Prior to 16th c there was not one Italian language at all, but several regional languages. The Florentine language was established as the common literary language in the 16th century - when the 1st Italian dictionary was published - and is what we now call Italian. It became more commonly adopted after Napoleon invaded in the 19th c, and regional languages went into decline at that time.

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