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The Language and Writing System of MS408 (Voynich) Explained

Gerard Cheshire, 2019. Romance Studies.

Claims to identify the Voynich language as an extinct proto-Romance language and to explain its writing system, including letter variants and abbreviations.

MYS08HTEHX052AX · mystery · click to copyMVoynich ManuscriptArticledoi: 10.1080/02639904.2019.1599566Checked against the original0

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The linguistics and datasets survey lists it among proposed solutions, noting Bowern and Lindemann's view that it rests on loose word resemblances without a systematic grammar.

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Cheshire, G. (2019). The Language and Writing System of MS408 (Voynich) Explained. Romance Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/02639904.2019.1599566
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