Voynichese: a forgotten turkic-aramaic-persian language?

[Emma May Smith]

I think a Turkic language is perfectly possible, and indeed a good compromise between structure and availability: it's exotic enough compared to Indo-European, but not too exotic to be unknown in Central Europe.

By the 1400s the Golden Horde had introduced numerous populations of Turkic speakers far into Europe. We have indications, such as the Codex Cumanicus, that Turkic linguistics was of interest to at least a few scholars, providing the possibility for a European-produced but Turkic-language book.