Ruby's Greek Thread

[cvetkakocj@rogers.com]

There are several arguments that point to AIIN as a unique symbol m:

The easiest way to answer would be to choose some words containing aiin and give the different readings. Try to do this and we'll know soon enough.

I can offer you my explanation how minims work for the Slovenian language, based on the early 15th century Slovenian writing in Latin.
Because the separation of individual minims is unclear, and the space is not always reliable, some (or a lot) of knowledge of language is required to understand the words from the context. From the prefixes, suffixes, the preposition, etc. it is possible to recognize many Slovenian words, however, other transcription alphabets might generate some other words. Particularly revealing are the suffixes -am, im, -um, -dam most often indicating verbs in 1. person singular. The suffixes  -iv, iw, iiv (jiv) are characteristic for Slovenian verbs (singular, masculine, past, future tense, or conditional mood) , as well for adjectives, along with suffixes - in, an, en...
The reading of minims is difficult even for the native Slovenians, because the letters were used for different sound as they are today, and some different letters were used. The Stična Codex, created in Stična monastery by a Czeck monk, has been officially transcribed and translated by Slovenian scholars. It could give some understanding how minims were used.