08-12-2023, 01:21 AM
(07-12-2023, 02:51 PM)Koen G wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.In my opinion, discussing which language Voynichese could be at the current stage makes no sense.
I fully agree with this, and I have been trying to argue for this in the past, but people who think differently won't be convinced.
The counter argument (which is not valid of course) is that in most if not all successful translations of unknown texts, the first step was to discover the language it is based on.
The second argument I get is that I should not be 'preaching' because I have not solved it, so I don't know.
Never mind. It is a good conversation stopper.
Back to your point.
I would argue as follows:
The distance between Voynichese and Latin is about the same as the distance between Italian and Latin, and German and Latin. These other languages are close together.
It is like finding the way from London to a specific street in central Barcelona.
You can travel 99% of the way without knowing the specific street.


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