02-10-2020, 07:49 PM
(02-10-2020, 07:11 PM)geoffreycaveney wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.(02-10-2020, 06:53 PM)ReneZ wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.The diacritical marks in Czech are modern.
The diacritical marks in Czech were first introduced in You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., published between 1406 and 1412 and traditionally attributed to Jan Hus. In this orthography, "Diacritics replaced digraphs almost completely." (Wikipedia has a brief summary of the history of Czech orthography You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..)
Not that the VM text needs any more unfounded speculation as to the reasonings behind its development, but could it represent some sort of parallel attempt at simplifying Czech orthography that did not catch on? The dates involved are appealing.
Are there other aspects of the book (besides this possible model of the text) that would point to a Czech origin?