# Bowern 2021: The linguistics of the Voynich manuscript

> Claire L. Bowern, Luke Lindemann, 2021. 9 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The book relies on it repeatedly: for character entropy lower than in…

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# The linguistics of the Voynich manuscript

Claire L. Bowern, Luke Lindemann, 2021. _Annual Review of Linguistics_ 7: 285–308.

A review of linguistic work on the Voynich Manuscript. It argues that the text should be treated as language rather than a hoax and shows what statistics can say about its sound system, word structure and organization while it remains unread.

**Voynich Manuscript** Articledoi: **[10.1146/annurev-linguistics-011619-030613](https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-linguistics-011619-030613)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The book relies on it repeatedly: for character entropy lower than in all 250 comparison languages, for the A/B entropy gap that closes when qo- and -dy are removed, and for how the choice of transcription alphabet affects the figures.

## Cited by on this site 9 records

[The Voynich Manuscript](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript)

The mystery article

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[Reading Without a Key](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D8NJAWT22V4/reading-without-a-key)

The book, version 2.0

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[7 methods surveys]

Signal processing, cryptanalysis, mathematics, linguistics, frameworks of inquiry, inductive methods, encoding procedures

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## Cite it

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Bowern, C. L., & Lindemann, L. (2021). The linguistics of the Voynich manuscript. Annual Review of Linguistics, 7, 285–308. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-linguistics-011619-030613
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[Read it free at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-linguistics-011619-030613)

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