The difference between a language and a dialect
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A language is a dialect that has been designated the objective standard. The reasons why one dialect is chosen over another are mostly political.
Modern standard French is based on the medieval Parisian dialect of the langues d’oïl and it became the standard because Paris was the main seat of the French kings after the election of Hugh Capet.
Modern standard Italian derives from the medieval Tuscan dialect and that was chosen because it was what Dante and Boccaccio wrote in.
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