Identifying function words

[mscheo]

Greeting from Singapore.
I've known of VMS existence for over a decade, but it was only early last month that I decided to crack my head over these codes in my spare time. First thing I did was to spent time studying the pages and the characteristics of its words and 'alphabet' (instead of reading forums and other websites) so as not to get influenced. Only after a week did I read some of JKP's webpages and registered myself in this forum. (Ya...you guessed it - it had since sucked in me so much so I'm even creating my own transliteration and Voynich fonts!)

One thing I noticed was numerals are missing from the text, and side-by-side repeated words happen now and then, more so if we count in those near-similar words. This reminds me of the Malay Language, with with its complicated system of prefixes, suffix, infixes and circumfixes, and using repeated word for plural nouns. For example:

Malay:  Saya  telah  berjalan  dan  menjalankan  jalan-jalan  ini  sejak  saya  belajar  berjalan.
English:  I  've been  walking  and    running       roads    these  since   I     learned   to walk.

You can use Google Translate to get this same result. "Jalan" could mean 'walk' (verb) or 'road' or 'street' (noun). It gets repeated for plural nouns. And 'these roads' becomes "jalan-jalan ini" (where the modifier 'these' gets placed behind the noun).

Thus, it is possible repeated words are plural forms. Just sharing ....

Cheers!
MS Cheo.
(That's my name...any resemblances to Voynichese is pure coincidence)