18-05-2018, 09:58 PM
Quite a few people have looked at it from the point of view of Indic languages (a small number, I think (but I'm not sure), were native speakers). In fact, next to Latin, it's one of the language groups that seems to be mentioned fairly often, but I'm not sure if that is because of structure (it might be, Indic languages are syllabic and I've noticed the use of the vowel "a" is very frequent) or because of the character shapes (a few of which have commonality with old Latin, something I've blogged about, which in turn creates a commonality with some VMS glyphs).
Although there are a head-spinning number of dialects, Indic languages (the major ones) are nevertheless a little more accessible than some languages. I'm always surprised when I do Indic word look-ups that there are so many commonalities between Indic and European languages but then I remind myself of its Indo-European roots.
I've seen quite a few "solutions" in Indic languages but none of them have been really convincing. Many of them rely on the same "adjustments" as European "solutions" (they say it must be polyglot (several different Indic languages together), there must be anagrams, or each curve of a letter must have a different interpretation, etc.). In other words, those trying to interpret VMS from an Indic-language perspective encounter the same problems that occur with other languages: low entropy, positional rigidity, high degree of repetition, and they often come up with compensations to make up for the "something missing" aspect of the text.
Although there are a head-spinning number of dialects, Indic languages (the major ones) are nevertheless a little more accessible than some languages. I'm always surprised when I do Indic word look-ups that there are so many commonalities between Indic and European languages but then I remind myself of its Indo-European roots.
I've seen quite a few "solutions" in Indic languages but none of them have been really convincing. Many of them rely on the same "adjustments" as European "solutions" (they say it must be polyglot (several different Indic languages together), there must be anagrams, or each curve of a letter must have a different interpretation, etc.). In other words, those trying to interpret VMS from an Indic-language perspective encounter the same problems that occur with other languages: low entropy, positional rigidity, high degree of repetition, and they often come up with compensations to make up for the "something missing" aspect of the text.