What is the first text considered Italian instead of Latin?

The first written evidence considered to be Italian rather than Latin is known as the Placiti Cassinesi, which are four legal documents containing vernacular testimonies in an Upper Southern dialect dated to 960–963.

1. When did Italians start speaking Italian instead of Latin?
2. What came first Italian or Latin?
3. What are the oldest Italian texts?
4. What language did Italy speak before Latin?

When did Italians start speaking Italian instead of Latin?

The early 16th century saw the dialect used by Dante in his work replace Latin as the language of culture. We can thus say that modern Italian descends from 14th-century literary Florentine.

What came first Italian or Latin?

Modern Italian, like many other languages, originated from Latin.

What are the oldest Italian texts?

Italian literature begins in the 12th century, when in different regions of the peninsula the Italian vernacular started to be used in a literary manner. The Ritmo laurenziano is the first extant document of Italian literature.

What language did Italy speak before Latin?

Oscan. Oscan was the most widely spoken Italic language before the spread of Latin, prominent in Bruttium, Lucania, Campania, Samnium, and elsewhere throughout central and southern Italy.