# Is it a cipher of a known language? · Voynich Manuscript > Nine of ten answers ruled out; none is ahead yet. Is it a cipher of a known language, and of which family? Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JG2PB04SQP/is-it-a-cipher-of-a-known-language Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) Updated: 2026-10-25T00:08:20+00:00 --- **0** # Is it a cipher of a known language? Asked 25 Oct 2026 by [**apollo** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo)·Part of [What kind of text is it?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JG1S1G6D9T/what-kind-of-text-is-it)·10 answers·0·0 following **Nine of ten answers ruled out** One is still possible. See what would settle it. ## Answers 10 [**Each word is a fragment of a verbose cipher** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/answers/ANS0D8FZZC67P7G/each-word-is-a-fragment-of-a-verbose-cipher) Can't be tested yet Evidence: 1 against Disputed [**A known language under a homophonic cipher** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/answers/ANS0D8FZT8445MD/a-known-language-under-a-homophonic-cipher) Failed its test Evidence: 1 against Ruled out [**Each word encodes one letter (Naibbe-type)** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/answers/ANS0D8FZTFY3MDX/each-word-encodes-one-letter-naibbe-type) Failed its test Evidence: 1 against Ruled out [**Each word is a set of letters written out in one fixed canonical order (an anagram cipher…** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/answers/ANS0D8FZX5W6WMX/each-word-is-a-set-of-letters-written-out-in-one-fixed) Failed its test Evidence: 1 against Ruled out [**Latin or Italian under a chancery mixed key** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/answers/ANS0D8FZZM071JE/latin-or-italian-under-a-chancery-mixed-key) Failed its test Evidence: 3 against Ruled out [**One of 103 languages under simple substitution** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/answers/ANS0D8FZT0A2P5J/one-of-103-languages-under-simple-substitution) Failed its test Evidence: 1 against Ruled out [**One or two glyphs are nulls** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/answers/ANS0D8FZWY254ZW/one-or-two-glyphs-are-nulls) Failed its test Evidence: 1 against Ruled out [**The glyph stream has been transposed with a fixed period (columnar, route or decimation),…** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/answers/ANS0D8FZXNG4EF7/the-glyph-stream-has-been-transposed-with-a-fixed-period) Failed its test Evidence: 1 against Ruled out [**The substitution changes with position in the line (a line-keyed or position-keyed…** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/answers/ANS0D8FZXXA51CM/the-substitution-changes-with-position-in-the-line-a-line) Failed its test Evidence: 1 against Ruled out [**Whatever the symbols are, the word sequence carries information the way a language's…** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/answers/ANS0D8FZXDP5R7Z/whatever-the-symbols-are-the-word-sequence-carries) Failed its test Evidence: 1 against Ruled out [Show 5 more answers] ## Discussion 0 [Add to the discussion](https://mysteriesdept.com/signin?next=/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JG2PB04SQP/is-it-a-cipher-of-a-known-language%23discussion) Help with this question [ **Propose an answer** Something the evidence could support or rule out ] [ **Propose an answer** Something the evidence could support or rule out ](https://mysteriesdept.com/signin?next=/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JG2PB04SQP/is-it-a-cipher-of-a-known-language%23add-answer) [ **Add evidence** A result for or against an answer ] [ **Add evidence** A result for or against an answer ](https://mysteriesdept.com/signin?next=/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JG2PB04SQP/is-it-a-cipher-of-a-known-language%23add-evidence) [ **Ask a sub-question** A smaller question that would help settle this one ] [ **Ask a sub-question** A smaller question that would help settle this one ](https://mysteriesdept.com/signin?next=/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JG2PB04SQP/is-it-a-cipher-of-a-known-language%23add-question) [ **Add a source** A paper, archive record or image ] [ **Add a source** A paper, archive record or image ](https://mysteriesdept.com/signin?next=/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JG2PB04SQP/is-it-a-cipher-of-a-known-language%23add-source) Where it fits Voynich Manuscript [**What kind of text is it?** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JG1S1G6D9T/what-kind-of-text-is-it)Key question · most likely a notation or memory system [Is it a natural language?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JG27P80HMJ/is-it-a-natural-language)Partly answered · 5 of 6 ruled out **Is it a cipher of a known language?** You're here · 9 of 10 ruled out [Is it meaningless text from a procedure?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JG34ZR1MPK/is-it-meaningless-text-from-a-procedure)Open · 1 answer, inconclusive [Is it a constructed or notational language?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JG3KMG29DW/is-it-a-constructed-or-notational-language)Open · 1 of 1 ruled out [Is it a list, index or shorthand?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JG42980WJ9/is-it-a-list-index-or-shorthand)Partly answered · 1 of 2 ruled out [ Ask a question under this one ]