Editing Standard language (section)

===Italian===
Standard [[Italian language|Italian]] is derived from the [[Tuscan dialect]], specifically from its [[Florentine dialect|Florentine variety]]—the Florentine influence upon early [[Italian literature]] established that dialect as base for the standard language of Italy.{{sfnp|Maiden|2014|p=3}}{{sfnp|Coletti|2011|p=318|ps= 
, quote="L'italiano di oggi ha ancora in gran parte la stessa grammatica e usa ancora lo stesso lessico del fiorentino letterario del Trecento."}} In particular, Italian became the language of culture for all the people of Italy, thanks to the prestige of the masterpieces of Florentine authors like [[Dante Alighieri]], as well as to the political and cultural significance of Florence at the time and the fact that it was linguistically an intermediate between the northern and the southern Italian dialects.{{sfnp|Lepschy|Lepschy|1988|p=22}} It would later become the official language of all the [[Historical states of Italy|Italian states]], and after the [[Italian unification]] it became the [[national language]] of the [[Kingdom of Italy]].{{sfnp|Maiden|2014|pp=7–9}} Modern Standard [[Italian language|Italian]]'s lexicon has been deeply influenced by almost all [[Languages of Italy|regional languages of Italy]].