Current Events > TIL that Italian didn't become the main language of Italy until the 19th century

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Shoot_FTH 05/16/23 3:49:38 PM #1:	Can you believe that? I think the main language for a few centuries before that was Etruscan. A lot of people spoke Venetian as well. --- Sunhawk. <cite>Shoot_FTH posted [p:973508565] in TIL that I... [t:80445747]...</cite> <quote>Can you believe that? I think the main language for a few centuries before that was Etruscan. A lot of people spoke Venetian as well.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
YellowSUV 05/16/23 3:51:04 PM #2:	The Etruscan language went extinct about 2000 years ago. --- We all live in a Yellow SUV! a Yellow SUV! <cite>YellowSUV posted [p:973508606] in TIL that I... [t:80445747]...</cite> <quote>The Etruscan language went extinct about 2000 years ago.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
royic 05/16/23 3:51:28 PM #3:	lol what??? how tf did estruscan survive 2000 years? estruscans were like the first civilization the romans blorbed up --- Steam - Ducksaws <cite>royic posted [p:973508623] in TIL that I... [t:80445747]...</cite> <quote>lol what??? how tf did estruscan survive 2000 years? estruscans were like the first civilization the romans blorbed up </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Shoot_FTH 05/16/23 3:52:14 PM #4:	I guess it was Venetian then. It definitely wasn't Italian. --- Sunhawk. <cite>Shoot_FTH posted [p:973508643] in TIL that I... [t:80445747]...</cite> <quote>I guess it was Venetian then. It definitely wasn't Italian.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
royic 05/16/23 3:54:01 PM #5:	I wouldn't be surprised that it wasn't Italian as Italian as a national , latin-speaking identity probably also went extinct with the western roman empire in favor of a billion little kingdoms influenced by larger cultures in every which direction --- Steam - Ducksaws <cite>royic posted [p:973508686] in TIL that I... [t:80445747]...</cite> <quote>I wouldn't be surprised that it wasn't Italian as Italian as a national , latin-speaking identity probably also went extinct with the western roman empire in favor of a billion little kingdoms influenced by larger cultures in every which direction</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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