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Languages of Italy

  • Italian languageThe Veronese Riddle dates to the 8th or early 9th century and stands as one of the earliest surviving texts that can be called vernacular.
  • LatinThe earliest known form of Latin is Old Latin, also called Archaic or Early Latin. It was spoken from the Roman Kingdom, traditionally founded in 753 BC…
  • Italic languagesArchaeologists associate the arrival of Italic speakers with the Terramare culture that flourished between 1700 and 1150 BC.