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Evidence · Voynich Manuscript

Adjacent pages share vocabulary, as in languages

Adjacent pages are alike in vocabulary at z 16, as languages are (10-20) and no content-free procedure is (1-2).

EstablishedObservation0

What it bears on 8 answers

A constructed philosophical language (v0.1)
Still possible · weighs some · H-V01-CONLANG
FOR
A mnemonic or notational system
Ruled out · weighs little · H-G-MNEMONIC
FOR
A natural language in an invented script
Still possible · weighs some · H-TH-LANG
FOR
Generated by copying and modifying nearby words
Disputed · weighs heavily · H-MEANINGLESS-AUTOCOPY
AGAINST
Heavily abbreviated Latin or vernacular
Still possible · weighs some · H-G-ABBREVIATION
FOR
Latin or a vernacular under a table cipher
Still possible · weighs some · H-TH-CIPHER
AGAINST
No plaintext: a procedure produced it
Still possible · weighs heavily · H-TH-GENERATED
AGAINST
No plaintext: composed freely by hand
Still possible · weighs little · H-TH-GLOSSOLALIA
FOR

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Adjacent pages share vocabulary, as in languages [Evidence EVD0D8GDQJ46FS3]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0D8GDQJ46FS3
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