. . . "Tuscan"@en . . . . . . . "Toscano"@en . . . "The Tuscan dialect (dialetto toscano [dia\u02C8l\u025Btto tos\u02C8ka\u02D0no]) is an Italo-Dalmatian lect mainly spoken in Tuscany, Italy.Standard Italian is based on Tuscan, specifically on its Florentine variety. Italian became the language of culture , thanks to the prestige of the masterpieces of Dante Alighieri, Francesco Petrarca, Giovanni Boccaccio, Niccol\u00F2 Machiavelli and Francesco Guicciardini."@en .