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Tuscan dialect
Summary
Tuscan (dialetto toscano djaˈlɛtto tosˈkaːno; di.a-; vernacolo) is a set of Italo-Dalmatian varieties of Romance spoken in Tuscany, Corsica, and Sardinia.
Standard Italian is based on Tuscan, specifically on its Florentine dialect, and it became the language of culture throughout Italy due to the prestige of the works by Dante Alighieri, Petrarch, Giovanni Boccaccio, Niccolò Machiavelli, and Francesco Guicciardini. It would later become the official language of all the Italian states and of the Kingdom of Italy when it was formed.
In De vulgari eloquentia ( 1300), Dante Alighieri distinguishes four main subdialects: fiorentino (Florence), senese (Siena), lucchese (Lucca) and aretino (Arezzo).
Tuscan is a dialect complex composed of many local variants, with minor differences among them.
The main subdivisions are between Northern Tuscan dialects, the Southern Tuscan dialects, and Corsican.
The Northern Tuscan dialects are (from east to west):
Fiorentino, the main dialect of Florence, Chianti and the Mugello, also spoken in Prato and along the river Arno as far as the city of Fucecchio.
Pistoiese, spoken in the city of Pistoia and nearest zones (some linguists include this dialect in Fiorentino).
Pesciatino or Valdinievolese, spoken in the Valdinievole zone, in the cities of Pescia and Montecatini Terme (some linguists include this dialect in Lucchese).
Lucchese, spoken in Lucca and nearby hills (Lucchesia).
Versiliese, spoken in the historical area of Versilia.
Viareggino, spoken in Viareggio and vicinity.
Pisano-Livornese, spoken in Pisa, in Livorno, and the vicinity, and along the coast from Livorno to Cecina.
The Southern Tuscan dialects are (from east to west):
Aretino-Chianaiolo, spoken in Arezzo and the Valdichiana.
Senese, spoken in the city and province of Siena.
Grossetano, spoken in Grosseto and along the southern coast.
Elbano, spoken on the island of Elba.
Corsican on the island of Corsica and the Corso-Sardinian transitional varieties spoken in northern Sardinia (Gallurese and Sassarese) are classified by scholars as a direct offshoot from medieval Tuscan, even though they now constitute a distinct linguistic group.
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