A key to understand the VMS

[Torsten]

Sam G Wrote:
The basic pattern is still similar and I think it's an indication that we're looking at a similar phenomenon. I don't disagree that the VMS text is atypical in that a very large fraction of words appear to be compounds of basic elements, but I also don't see any real reason to think that there couldn't be a natural language that works like this.

Which kind of similar phenomenon? Did you really think that all this similar words are only different grammatical forms for a single word?

It is still possible to extend the grid. He now contains over 33 % of the words in the VMS. Since the grid is now very large I have splitted him into two parts. 
Note: At the end of a word an a is normally written as y. For this reason words like cheda (1) are rare for the VMS.
aiin (469) daiin (863) odaiin (60) okaiin (212) qokaiin (262) kaiin (65) taiin (42) otaiin (154) qotaiin (79) 
ain  ( 89) dain  (211) odain  (18) okain  (144) qokain  (279) kain  (48) tain  (16) otain  ( 96) qotain  (64) 
air  ( 74) dair  (106) odair  ( 5) okair  ( 22) qokair  ( 17) kair  (14) tair  (13) otair  ( 21) qotair  ( 6) 
ar   (350) dar   (318) odar   (24) okar   (129) qokar   (152) kar   (52) tar   (43) otar   (141) qotar   (63) 
al   (260) dal   (253) odal   (13) okal   (138) qokal   (191) kal   (23) tal   (20) otal   (143) qotal   (59) 
am   ( 88) dam   ( 98) odam   ( 6) okam   ( 26) qokam   ( 25) kam   ( 9) tam   (--) otam   ( 47) qotam   (12) 
or   (363) dor   ( 73) odor   ( 8) okor   ( 34) qokor   ( 36) kor   (26) tor   (23) otor   ( 46) qotor   (29) 
ol   (537) dol   (117) odol   ( 2) okol   ( 82) qokol   (104) kol   (37) tol   (48) otol   ( 86) qotol   (47) 
y    (151) dy    (270) ody    (46) oky    (102) qoky    (147) ky    (25) ty    (16) oty    (115) qoty    (87) 
ey   (  1) dey   (  1) odey   ( 1) okey   ( 63) qokey   (107) key   (14) tey   (11) otey   ( 57) qotey   (24) 
eey  (  3) deey  (  7) odeey  ( 2) okeey  (177) qokeey  (308) keey  (44) teey  (20) oteey  (140) qoteey  (42) 

cthaiin ( 13) ckhaiin ( 3) chkaiin (18) chtaiin ( 4) chaiin ( 45) chdaiin ( 16) chodaiin (44) cheodaiin (11) chedaiin ( 32)
cthain  (  4) ckhain  ( 1) chkain  (12) chtain  ( 3) chain  ( 18) chdain  (  9) chodain  ( 9) cheodain  ( 8) chedain  ( 19)
cthair  (---) ckhair  (--) chkair  (--) chtair  ( 1) chair  (  1) chdair  (  2) chodair  ( 2) cheodair  (--) chedair  (  1)
cthar   ( 20) ckhar   ( 3) chkar   (12) chtar   ( 3) char   ( 72) chdar   ( 20) chodar   (14) cheodar   ( 4) chedar   ( 30)
cthal   (  7) ckhal   ( 4) chkal   (13) chtal   ( 6) chal   ( 48) chdal   ( 19) chodal   ( 7) cheodal   ( 7) chedal   ( 24)
ctham   (  1) ckham   ( 3) chkam   ( 3) chtam   ( 1) cham   ( 20) chdam   ( 10) chodam   ( 1) cheodam   ( 2) chedam   (  6)
cthor   ( 45) ckhor   ( 9) chkor   ( 1) chtor   ( 2) chor   (219) chdor   (  8) chodor   (--) cheodor   ( 2) chedor   (  2)
cthol   ( 60) ckhol   (22) chkol   ( 3) chtol   ( 5) chol   (396) chdol   (  2) chodol   ( 2) cheodol   (--) chedol   (  6)
cthy    (111) ckhy    (39) chky    (18) chty    (13) chy    (155) chdy    (150) chody    (94) cheody    (89) chedy    (501)
cthey   ( 50) ckhey   (32) chkey   ( 8) chtey   ( 1) chey   (311) chdey   (---) chodey   ( 2) cheodey   (--) chedey   (  1)
ctheey  ( 13) ckheey  (11) chkeey  (13) chteey  ( 1) cheey  (174) chdeey  (  1) chodeey  (--) cheodeey  ( 1) chedeey  (  1)

The purpose for a natural language is to transport information. For this purpose it is important to prevent misunderstandings. It is very hard to distinguish between different pieces of information if everything looks alike. The intention for the system in the VMS was obviously not to make it easy to transport information. Therefore it did not match to human language in one of its main aspects.