# Cheshire 2019: The Language and Writing System of MS408 (Voynich) Explained

> Gerard Cheshire, 2019. 1 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The linguistics and datasets survey lists it among proposed solutions, noting Bowern…

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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.

**Voynich Manuscript** Articledoi: **[10.1080/02639904.2019.1599566](https://doi.org/10.1080/02639904.2019.1599566)** Checked 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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