Answer · Voynich Manuscript
A natural language in an invented script
The text is a natural language written phonetically in an invented alphabet or syllabary.
Where it stands
Still possibleIts tests haven't settled it: six pieces of evidence for, five against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.
Evidence 6 for · 5 against
-m is a line-final form of -in / -n
FOREstablished · weighs little · F-111
Adjacent pages share vocabulary, as in languages
FOREstablished · weighs some · F-027
Herbal pages open with a word found on no other page
FOREstablished · weighs little · F-114
Nearest languages: CV-syllable and agglutinative
FOREstablished · weighs little · F-020
Stems fall into ending classes
FORSupported · weighs little · F-103
Vocabulary clusters by section, not by scribe
FOREstablished · weighs little · F-012
Adjacent identical and near-identical words are common
AGAINSTEstablished · weighs some · F-011
Glyph entropy is lower than in any of 103 languages
AGAINSTEstablished · weighs heavily · F-010
No repeated four-word phrases
AGAINSTEstablished · weighs heavily · F-016
Word order carries almost no information
AGAINSTEstablished · weighs heavily · F-017
Words spelled alike are used alike
AGAINSTEstablished · weighs some · F-015
The questions it answers
Most likelyA notation or memory system
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). A natural language in an invented script [Answer ANS0D8G048E3AAR]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D8G048E3AAR
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title = {A natural language in an invented script},
author = {{Mysteries Department}},
year = {2026},
note = {Answer, catalog key ANS0D8G048E3AAR},
url = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D8G048E3AAR}
}