18-02-2025, 10:42 AM
Unfortunately many people have made similar lists of word frequencies and have all been left baffled by the results.
Here are some more facts to baffle you. In quire 13 20% of the text consists of just nine words. Five of these are 4o- words. Three are -c89 words. In quire 20 20% of the text is made up of sixteen words. Even if you examine separately the pages that form the two language clusters of that quire 20 you get much the same list.
Yet the pages in both quires are classed as being in ‘B’ language. If there really was some sort of textual link ( same regional language, same cypher, same code ) between the two quires it would be expected that there would be more commonality in the top words.
Cumulative word frequencies - quire 13
Cumulative word frequencies - quire 20
Here are some more facts to baffle you. In quire 13 20% of the text consists of just nine words. Five of these are 4o- words. Three are -c89 words. In quire 20 20% of the text is made up of sixteen words. Even if you examine separately the pages that form the two language clusters of that quire 20 you get much the same list.
Yet the pages in both quires are classed as being in ‘B’ language. If there really was some sort of textual link ( same regional language, same cypher, same code ) between the two quires it would be expected that there would be more commonality in the top words.
Cumulative word frequencies - quire 13
Cumulative word frequencies - quire 20
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