# Heavily abbreviated Latin or vernacular > Still possible: The text is a heavily abbreviated or shorthand rendering of Latin or a vernacular, with word ends replaced by a small set of suspension… Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/answers/ANS0D8G03RT3STZ/heavily-abbreviated-latin-or-vernacular Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Questions](https://mysteriesdept.com/questions)[Voynich Manuscript](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript)[Is it a list, index or shorthand?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JG42980WJ9/is-it-a-list-index-or-shorthand)Answer Answer · Voynich Manuscript # Heavily abbreviated Latin or vernacular The text is a heavily abbreviated or shorthand rendering of Latin or a vernacular, with word ends replaced by a small set of suspension signs. **Still possible** Answers **2** questionsGeneratedScreened0 ## Where it stands **Still possible** Its tests haven't settled it: five pieces of evidence for, three against. It needs two reviews to be accepted. ## What it predicts - Endings (y, n, l, r, m) behave like suspension marks: few types, line-end variants, independent of the stem's class. ## What would rule it out - Endings depend on stems as inflections do (F-103 shows partial dependence). ## Evidence 5 for · 3 against [-m is a line-final form of -in / -n](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDY520WNV/m-is-a-line-final-form-of-in-n) Established · weighs some · F-111 FOR [Adjacent pages share vocabulary, as in languages](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDQJ46FS3/adjacent-pages-share-vocabulary-as-in-languages) Established · weighs some · F-027 FOR [Endings are more concentrated than Italian's](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDS106H27/endings-are-more-concentrated-than-italians) Established · weighs some · F-033 FOR [Glyph entropy is lower than in any of 103 languages](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDKDA0QEB/glyph-entropy-is-lower-than-in-any-of-103-languages) Established · weighs little · F-010 FOR [Herbal pages open with a word found on no other page](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDYWG2XHY/herbal-pages-open-with-a-word-found-on-no-other-page) Established · weighs little · F-114 FOR [No repeated four-word phrases](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDMW61R3Z/no-repeated-four-word-phrases) Established · weighs heavily · F-016 AGAINST [Stems fall into ending classes](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDW6J4ZP7/stems-fall-into-ending-classes) Supported · weighs some · F-103 AGAINST [Word order carries almost no information](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDN405FYV/word-order-carries-almost-no-information) Established · weighs heavily · F-017 AGAINST ## The questions it answers [Is it a list, index or shorthand?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JG42980WJ9/is-it-a-list-index-or-shorthand) Part of [What kind of text is it?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JG1S1G6D9T/what-kind-of-text-is-it) Most likelyNo answer ahead [Is it a natural language?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JG27P80HMJ/is-it-a-natural-language) Part of [What kind of text is it?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JG1S1G6D9T/what-kind-of-text-is-it) Most likelyNo answer ahead ## Cite it ``` Mysteries Department. (2026). Heavily abbreviated Latin or vernacular [Answer ANS0D8G03RT3STZ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D8G03RT3STZ ``` Key **ANS** 0D8G03RT3STZ Kind Answer · hypothesis Origin Generated, from the box and diff methods Checks 3 of 3 passed Proposed [Session 9](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/sessions/SES0D8EPKD059SN/session-9-the-inquiry-framework-the-inductive-battery) · 22 Oct 2026 Version 1 Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) The record Every record is open data. Take this one as JSON, with its links and its history. [JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/api/v1/records/ANS0D8G03RT3STZ)