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A mnemonic or notational system

Ruled out: The evidence contradicts itRuled out failed its test

The text is a mnemonic or notational system: each word a cue built from a small set of parts, written in lines that are units of recall, with no running syntax.

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answersIs it a constructed or notational language?QST08JG3KMG29DW
answersIs it a list, index or shorthand?QST08JG42980WJ9
refinesA notation or memory systemANS0D8GFBT007CR
against (from)Whole lines do not repeat as templatesEVD0D8GDZKY2AGW
for (from)Adjacent pages share vocabulary, as in languagesEVD0D8GDQJ46FS3
for (from)Each glyph has a fixed place in the wordEVD0D8GDJE21VNB
for (from)Herbal pages open with a word found on no other pageEVD0D8GDYWG2XHY
for (from)No repeated four-word phrasesEVD0D8GDMW61R3Z
for (from)The hands are interchangeable in variant choiceEVD0D8GDPTP36PJ
for (from)The line is a unit: gallows open lines, -m closes themEVD0D8GDJXP1XTB
for (from)Word classes are predictable from spellingEVD0D8GDVYR2R3A
for (from)Word order carries almost no informationEVD0D8GDN405FYV
neutral (from)Glyph order carries usable structureEVD0D8GDSGM4QGA
tests (from)Confirmation tests of S-006 candidates on the held-back half: repeat rate of whole-line class templates / line-initial class pairs…RUN0D8ERF7246QY