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Evidence · Voynich Manuscript

First and last glyphs predict context equally

Words sharing only their first glyph are about as alike in context as words sharing only their last (0.205 against 0.197); in Latin the ending predicts context slightly better (0.126 against 0.118). No significance test yet.

SpeculativeObservationConfirmatory0

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A constructed philosophical language (v0.1)
Still possible · weighs little · H-V01-CONLANG
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Found by 1 run

RunMeasuredResultAgainstDecisionDate
RUN-247Mean context similarity of word pairs sharing only their first glyph vs only their last (half C)prefix 0.205 vs ending 0.197 (4252 / 11629 pairs)Latin first letter 0.118 vs last 0.126Prefix predicts context more (category prefixes)22 Oct

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Mysteries Department. (2026). First and last glyphs predict context equally [Evidence EVD0D8GDZVR4GRG]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0D8GDZVR4GRG
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