The Tucker/Janick text goes on to say, "In fol. 12v and eslewhere in the Codex Osuna, also in as well Codex Aubin (Anon. 1576), there is a version of "tl" in Nahuatl that matches the same character t found in the Voynich Manuscript (Fig. 1A). This character is unique in that it also accompanies the same pronunciation in Voynichese."
This is incorrect. I am looking at the page in Codex Osuna and there is no t. It is a ligature for tl that resembles Voynichese k (not t). Are we to assume the authors don't make a distinction between t and k? If so, they should say so because in the VMS they behave differently.
EVA-k (k) is a very common Latin abbreviation for Item and also a common ligature for tl or Il. It is found in many languages, not just Nahuatl. English words like "atlas" or "whittle" may have a tl ligature and the stem does not always cross the ascender on the left. In medieval French, Il at the beginning of a sentence is often written this way.
Also note in Nahuatl, that the tl (k) is positioned differently from k in the VMS (this is important to note because the authors refer to Voynichese as "real" language in the Chapter 5 introduction, so one would expect certain similarities in position as well as shape). In contrast to the VMS k, in Nahuatl, the tl ligature is frequently at the ends of words and when it is at the beginnings of words, it is not typically preceded by "o" as is common in the VMS. One cannot create analogies based on shape alone.
This is incorrect. I am looking at the page in Codex Osuna and there is no t. It is a ligature for tl that resembles Voynichese k (not t). Are we to assume the authors don't make a distinction between t and k? If so, they should say so because in the VMS they behave differently.
EVA-k (k) is a very common Latin abbreviation for Item and also a common ligature for tl or Il. It is found in many languages, not just Nahuatl. English words like "atlas" or "whittle" may have a tl ligature and the stem does not always cross the ascender on the left. In medieval French, Il at the beginning of a sentence is often written this way.
Also note in Nahuatl, that the tl (k) is positioned differently from k in the VMS (this is important to note because the authors refer to Voynichese as "real" language in the Chapter 5 introduction, so one would expect certain similarities in position as well as shape). In contrast to the VMS k, in Nahuatl, the tl ligature is frequently at the ends of words and when it is at the beginnings of words, it is not typically preceded by "o" as is common in the VMS. One cannot create analogies based on shape alone.