# A natural language in an invented script

> Still possible: The text is a natural language written phonetically in an invented alphabet or syllabary.

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Answer · Voynich Manuscript

# A natural language in an invented script

The text is a natural language written phonetically in an invented alphabet or syllabary.

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionLiteratureScreened0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its 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](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDY520WNV/m-is-a-line-final-form-of-in-n)

Established · weighs little · 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

[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

[Nearest languages: CV-syllable and agglutinative](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDNVE132N/nearest-languages-cv-syllable-and-agglutinative)

Established · weighs little · F-020

FOR

[Stems fall into ending classes](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDW6J4ZP7/stems-fall-into-ending-classes)

Supported · weighs little · F-103

FOR

[Vocabulary clusters by section, not by scribe](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDKWY3R6B/vocabulary-clusters-by-section-not-by-scribe)

Established · weighs little · F-012

FOR

[Adjacent identical and near-identical words are common](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDKN465TE/adjacent-identical-and-near-identical-words-are-common)

Established · weighs some · F-011

AGAINST

[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 heavily · F-010

AGAINST

[No repeated four-word phrases](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDMW61R3Z/no-repeated-four-word-phrases)

Established · weighs heavily · F-016

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

[Words spelled alike are used alike](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0D8GDMMC3M2G/words-spelled-alike-are-used-alike)

Established · weighs some · F-015

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[What kind of text is it?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JG1S1G6D9T/what-kind-of-text-is-it)

Most likelyA notation or memory system

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). A natural language in an invented script [Answer ANS0D8G048E3AAR]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D8G048E3AAR
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**ANS** 0D8G048E3AAR

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Answer · hypothesis

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