Josip Voltiggi
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Josip Voltiggi or Josip Voltić (1750–1825) was a linguist
Linguistics
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 from Istria
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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
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Because of his Pan-Slavic
Pan-Slavism
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 views, he was subject to harassment from the Austrian police. He died in a hospital and in great poverty.

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  • Viktor Novak
    Viktor Novak
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    : Vuk i Hrvati (Vuk and the Croats)
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