My question: Is the following a factual statement?
"Dante Alighieri helped popularize the use of the Italian language in literature."
Options:
- yes
- no
Please think gradually:

Show your work and conclude with the exact phrasing "Therefore, the final answer is [answer]." where [answer] is just the final number or expression that solves the problem.
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Before Alighieri, most literature was written in Latin.
Thus, the answer is yes.