17-06-2020, 12:32 AM
(This post was last modified: 17-06-2020, 06:02 AM by Torsten.
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The method is always the same. First, the language is guessed. Secondly, a partial reading attempt is used as evidence that the identification of the language was correct. But this is not the way deciphering works. First, it is necessary to analyze the way the writing system works. If it was possible to identify some characteristic patterns in the first step, this patterns can be used to identify the language or the language family. Only this way it might be possible to find an entry point to decipher an unknown script using an unknown language.
In semitic languages some or all of the vowels were omitted. Hannig identifies the most frequently used glyphs as vowels and uses them as wildcard glyphs. If a vowel doesn't fit this doesn't matter in his eyes: "Die Vokal-Punktation des Hebräischen hat nur bedingt eine Entsprechung im Voynich. Den Platzhalter für einen Vokal repräsentiert das Zeichen 'o'." (Hannig 2020, 63). It becomes much easier to interpret some meaning into the manuscript if the most frequent glyphs can be discarded.
Hannig describes the way he used a dictionary to identify the words: "Daraus ergibt sich, dass die Suche eines Voynich-Wortes im hebräischen Wörterbuch also primär unter ..." (Hannig 2020, 12). Unfortunately it becomes more and more difficult for him to interpret something meaningful into the text: "Ab hier nehmen die Schwierigkeiten noch einmal deutlich zu, so dass an der Richtigkeit der Lesungen gezweifelt werden muss" (Hannig, p. 53). Therefore he is only able to provide a partial reading attempt. He even argues that it will become even more difficult to read the whole text: "Die Eigenart der Schrift, die gewöhnungsbedürftige Aussprache, die Eigentümlichkeiten und der Wortschatz aus jener Zeit werden selbst einem Muttersprachler des Ivrits größte Probleme bereiten" (Hannig, p. 55).
Hannig is certainly convinced that the Voynich manuscript is written in Hebrew. But if it becomes more and more difficult to interpret something meaningful into the text this certainly indicates that his guess wasn't correct.
In semitic languages some or all of the vowels were omitted. Hannig identifies the most frequently used glyphs as vowels and uses them as wildcard glyphs. If a vowel doesn't fit this doesn't matter in his eyes: "Die Vokal-Punktation des Hebräischen hat nur bedingt eine Entsprechung im Voynich. Den Platzhalter für einen Vokal repräsentiert das Zeichen 'o'." (Hannig 2020, 63). It becomes much easier to interpret some meaning into the manuscript if the most frequent glyphs can be discarded.
Hannig describes the way he used a dictionary to identify the words: "Daraus ergibt sich, dass die Suche eines Voynich-Wortes im hebräischen Wörterbuch also primär unter ..." (Hannig 2020, 12). Unfortunately it becomes more and more difficult for him to interpret something meaningful into the text: "Ab hier nehmen die Schwierigkeiten noch einmal deutlich zu, so dass an der Richtigkeit der Lesungen gezweifelt werden muss" (Hannig, p. 53). Therefore he is only able to provide a partial reading attempt. He even argues that it will become even more difficult to read the whole text: "Die Eigenart der Schrift, die gewöhnungsbedürftige Aussprache, die Eigentümlichkeiten und der Wortschatz aus jener Zeit werden selbst einem Muttersprachler des Ivrits größte Probleme bereiten" (Hannig, p. 55).
Hannig is certainly convinced that the Voynich manuscript is written in Hebrew. But if it becomes more and more difficult to interpret something meaningful into the text this certainly indicates that his guess wasn't correct.
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