So I replaced "iiin" by "x", "iin" by "m" and "in" by "n". In other words, the frequent word endings we transcribe as strokes were turned into single glyphs.
Then I divided the total number of words by the total number of characters, including spaces. The number of words normally equals the number of spaces including at the end of the line, only it's easier to count.
The result is 17,5 %.
I also tested Orwell's 1984, but this time I normalized it by removing all punctuation. Here the number of words/spaces compared to the total number of signs is 18,7%.
This means that if we transcribe "in"-clusters differently, Voynichese comes much closer to modern language, though it's not quite there yet.
Edit: hmm, for the original text of Beowulf without punctuation I only get 16,9%.
Then I divided the total number of words by the total number of characters, including spaces. The number of words normally equals the number of spaces including at the end of the line, only it's easier to count.
The result is 17,5 %.
I also tested Orwell's 1984, but this time I normalized it by removing all punctuation. Here the number of words/spaces compared to the total number of signs is 18,7%.
This means that if we transcribe "in"-clusters differently, Voynichese comes much closer to modern language, though it's not quite there yet.
Edit: hmm, for the original text of Beowulf without punctuation I only get 16,9%.