What is in Italian?

Italian, a Romance language, is the official language of Italy and one of the official languages of Switzerland, San Marino, and Vatican City. It is historically referred to as the Lingua Toscana (Tuscan language), as this was the dialect of Florence used by the great writers of the 14th century, such as Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio, all of whom contributed significantly to the development and spread of the Italian language. The dialects spoken in parts of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, and a small area of Apulia are Gallo-Italic languages more closely related to French, Provençal, Catalan, and Romansh than to standard Italian.