01-10-2018, 11:15 AM
The list of consonants and vowels given above is the main argument for similarity between Voynich text and modern Chinese. The majority of consonants appear only at the start of syllables.
Syllables have a rigid structure, to such an extent that one can make a one-page table giving all possible patterns.
With Voynichese, there is a strong suspicion that the units of the language (or writing) are not just the symbols we see, but are combinations of symbols. The number of patters is also restricted. Trying to match Voynichese to Mandarin may not be too useful, because we need to look at languages from 600 years ago.
The point I made earlier, related to the similarity between Voynichese o- and qo- to Chinese yi 一 was mainly prompted by examples such as on this page:
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There are lists of items being ordered, mainly preceded by 一个 (yi gè).
I could imagine that in recipes such frequent use of yi and a classifier word might be expected.
Syllables have a rigid structure, to such an extent that one can make a one-page table giving all possible patterns.
With Voynichese, there is a strong suspicion that the units of the language (or writing) are not just the symbols we see, but are combinations of symbols. The number of patters is also restricted. Trying to match Voynichese to Mandarin may not be too useful, because we need to look at languages from 600 years ago.
The point I made earlier, related to the similarity between Voynichese o- and qo- to Chinese yi 一 was mainly prompted by examples such as on this page:
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There are lists of items being ordered, mainly preceded by 一个 (yi gè).
I could imagine that in recipes such frequent use of yi and a classifier word might be expected.