11-06-2025, 08:49 PM
I agree that word entropy isn't a huge issue, but there is a reason we keep hammering on character entropy. This is the level where the true challenge lies. So far, nobody has been able to make a good case for any language.
I don't think a point can be made in favor of a European romanizing an Eastern language, or any language for that matter. And that for the simple fact that Voynichese isn't a romanization. Either you learn the original script, or you use the script you know to represent the sounds of the foreign language. Voynichese is the result of neither. It is loosely based on medieval Latin script and some numerals, abbreviations... But there is no way this would have been the spontaneous result of Latins representing a foreign language in a more accessible way.
I don't think a point can be made in favor of a European romanizing an Eastern language, or any language for that matter. And that for the simple fact that Voynichese isn't a romanization. Either you learn the original script, or you use the script you know to represent the sounds of the foreign language. Voynichese is the result of neither. It is loosely based on medieval Latin script and some numerals, abbreviations... But there is no way this would have been the spontaneous result of Latins representing a foreign language in a more accessible way.


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