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Josip Voltiggi |
Josip Voltiggi or Josip Voltić (1750 - 1825) was a linguist from Istria.
In 1803, he published his Grammatica illirica, in Ricoslovnik illiricskoga, italianskoga i nimacskoga jezika s’ jednom pridpostavljenomm grammatikom illi pismenstvom: sve ovo sabrano i sloxeno od Jose Voltiggi Istranina (A dictionary of the Illyrian, Italian and German languages with a grammar and orthography), in Vienna.
Because of his Pan-Slavic views, he was subject to harassment from the Austrian police. He died in a hospital and in great poverty (najvećoj bedi).
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Victor Novak: Vuk i Hrvati (Vuk and the Croats)
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