frequent Voynich vords in Slavic VCI and West Slavic languages

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In case anyone is curious what a description of a Sorbian theory of the Voynich manuscript would look like, if the description itself were written in (Upper) Sorbian, here is an example: 

"Waženy [*****],

"Pisam Wam, přetož [*****] je doporučił mi wobroćić so na Was z woprašenjom na tule wěc. Slědźu tajny rukopis Wojniča (Voynicha) a sym wotkrył někotre daty wo tym, zo móžnje je napisan serbskej reču. Mam wulki zajim čitać Waše komentary k mojemu slědźenju." 

It occurred to me to see how it would look, if I took the Sorbian message that I composed, and encrypted it into the Voynich EVA transcription alphabet using my Slavic VCI interpretation system. The result of such a transcription of the first paragraph (quoted above) is presented below.

Emma may be interested to know that I often found myself using [y] for Sorbian "a" at the end of a syllable where the use of [a] did not fit Voynichese vord patterns. I noticed this above all when I had to write Sorbian "na", an extremely frequent preposition, and found [qoky] the best suited Voynich vord for it. To be honest I had been thinking of this expression conceptually as "unwritten /a/ + vord-final null [y]", but obviously this amounts to the same thing as the [y] representing /a/ ! 

It has also become clear to me from this exercise that [ol] must sometimes represent "s" as well as "z". Naturally it is to be expected that there will have to be other refinements to the system as the investigation of the hypothesis proceeds. 

[orsheey qokchy ...]

[pchol qopy or qopy pshey faiin shy ...]
[chey okaiin taiin s or dchor qotchy orain]
[oty saiin dchy dy laiin qoky oral ol oraiin]
[ty salchey qockhaiin qoty qoky kor or orchedy]
[ol rcheockhor kchy qokchy s or daiin tchol]
[oraiin chy qokchdy qokchdy lchy qoty orain]
[dshor qokeey daiin kshey oky kchy oraiin kchy]
[qoty olaiin qotaiin shy qockhey chey qoky tchy]
[ol qoky ols oty ltey sey dor qoty qoty oror dy]
[ol chy qoty dchy ky dy or lchey daiin qoteey qoky]
[kshy dy qotaiin chey qotor ol rcheockhey qockhor]

Geoffrey