About Josip Voltiggi
Lived 1750 – 1825 (aged 74–75). Josip Voltiggi was a linguist and lexicographer.
Josip Voltiggi or Josip Voltić (1750–1825) was a Venetian 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.
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Josip Voltiggi was born in 1750 in Tinjan.
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Josip Voltiggi died in 1825 in Vienna.
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Josip Voltiggi was a linguist and lexicographer.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Josip Voltiggi. https://biography.guide/josip-voltiggi/
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