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<span style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:120%;">[[wikipedia:Italian_language#Lingua_franca|Italian language | Lingua franca]]</span> | <span style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:120%;">[[wikipedia: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.<br< | <mark>Starting in late medieval times in much of Europe and the Mediterranean, Latin was replaced as the primary commercial language by Italian</mark> language variants (especially Tuscan and Venetian). These variants were consolidated during <mark>the Renaissance with the strength of Italy and the rise of humanism and the arts</mark>.<br< | ||
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. | During that period, <mark>Italy held artistic sway over the rest of Europe. It was the norm for all educated gentlemen to make the Grand Tour, visiting Italy</mark> to see its great historical monuments and works of art. It thus <mark>became expected to learn at least some Italian</mark>. <mark>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</mark>. 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> | ||
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<mark>In historical linguistics, monogenesis refers to the idea that all spoken human languages are descended from a single ancestral language spoken many thousands of years ago</mark>. | <mark>In historical linguistics, monogenesis refers to the idea that all spoken human languages are descended from a single ancestral language spoken many thousands of years ago</mark>. | ||
It could be said plausibly that <mark>mathematics is the universal language of the world that all are capable of understanding</mark>. | It could be said plausibly that <mark>mathematics is the universal language of the world that all are capable of understanding</mark>. | ||
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