22-02-2023, 06:18 PM
(19-02-2023, 08:04 AM)MarcoP wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Hi,
the low character entropy of Voynichese contradicts the expansion approach that you propose for decoding the frequent glyphs y, l and d. For instance, dy occurs in ~18% of tokens; there is no language in which "sama" or any other quadgram occurs with such a high frequency.
You come to conclusions with a sample size of three glyphs compared to around 35-ish potential string patterns that appear in FSG. Is it worthwhile to jump to conclusions on the value of the entropy without actually calculating it?
By the way, if my approach is right, it might shed light into potential errors in the Manuscript, so I wouldn't jump to conclusions like you did.
And more on the -sama ending: it's high frequency of usage is mainly due to one Quire, so it's potentially playing a very specific functional role and is not representative of Voynichese as a whole.

