Graziadio Isaia Ascoli
Graziadio Isaia Ascoli (pronounced [ɡrattsja(d)ˈdiːo izaˈiːa ˈaskoli]; 16 July 1829 – 21 January 1907) was an Italian linguist. == Life and work == Ascoli was born in an Italian-speaking Jewish family in the multiethnic town of Gorizia, then part of the Austrian Empire (now in Italy).