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<span style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:120%;">[[wikipedia:Lingua_franca|Lingua Franca]] | Wikipedia</span> | <span style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:120%;">[[wikipedia:Lingua_franca|Lingua Franca]] | Wikipedia</span> | ||
<mark>At present...[Spanish] is the second most used language in international trade, and the third most used in politics, diplomacy and culture after English and French</mark>. | <mark>At present...[Spanish] is the second most used language in international trade, and the third most used in politics, diplomacy and culture after English and French</mark>. | ||
<span style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:120%;">[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_language#Lingua_franca|Italian language | Lingua franca]]</span> | |||
Starting in late medieval times in much of Europe and the Mediterranean, Latin was replaced as the primary commercial language by Italian language variants (especially Tuscan and Venetian). These variants were consolidated during the Renaissance with the strength of Italy and the rise of humanism and the arts. | |||
During that period, Italy held artistic sway over the rest of Europe. It was the norm for all educated gentlemen to make the Grand Tour, visiting Italy to see its great historical monuments and works of art. It thus became expected to learn at least some Italian. In England, while the classical languages Latin and Greek were the first to be learned, Italian became the second most common modern language after French, a position it held until the late 18th century when it tended to be replaced by German. John Milton, for instance, wrote some of his early poetry in Italian. | |||
<span style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:120%;">[https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/how-and-why-did-english-supplant-french-as-the-world-s-lingua-franca How And Why Did English Supplant French As The World’s Lingua Franca?]</span> | <span style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:120%;">[https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/how-and-why-did-english-supplant-french-as-the-world-s-lingua-franca How And Why Did English Supplant French As The World’s Lingua Franca?]</span> | ||