Identifying function words

[-JKP-]

OK, but whether a word, clitic, shorthand or otherwise, the portion of the script that represents "and" is presumably to be found in between labels of homogenous objects - unless shuffling is in place, but shuffling is already not a natural flow of language....

Depending on the language, "and" usually appears in these ways...

Jack & Jill
Jack &Jill
& Jack Jill
&Jack Jill

They all mean the same thing, only the rules for where to put the "and" (and whether or not to append it to a word) differ.

If there are other schemes (and it's quite possible that there are), they are in languages unfamiliar to me.


Of course, if it's ciphertext, you can invent any system you want.