Rene, that's basically it, especially the way I had intended the experiment initially. With Marco's input, I ended up with a smarter approach, checking for those replacements that increased h2 without ruining h1. This ended up selecting for replacements including, [o, a, i] but excluding [e,y], something I don't have an explanation for.
So in short, the transformations that are included are based on:
- Marco's frequency list of n-grams
- Whether or not h2 increases more than h1
All of this was done with lots of trial and error. It is almost certain that a more optimal path exists. It is definitely certain that Voynichese was not meant to be transformed in this exact way, there are too many inconsistencies in the system and too many factors of Voynichese that remain unaccounted for. I just picked a metric and arbitrary limits, so yes, there are countless ways to do this.
For further research I would really like to find out why the "system" selected against certain glyphs. This is probably well beyond my capabilities though.
So in short, the transformations that are included are based on:
- Marco's frequency list of n-grams
- Whether or not h2 increases more than h1
All of this was done with lots of trial and error. It is almost certain that a more optimal path exists. It is definitely certain that Voynichese was not meant to be transformed in this exact way, there are too many inconsistencies in the system and too many factors of Voynichese that remain unaccounted for. I just picked a metric and arbitrary limits, so yes, there are countless ways to do this.
For further research I would really like to find out why the "system" selected against certain glyphs. This is probably well beyond my capabilities though.


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