[Poll] What *are* vords?

[Jorge_Stolfi]

Poll no. 1 (see above): Nature of vords
When decoded, most (if not all) Voynich vords will turn out to be... (Choose 1 option)
a) Words or almost whole words
b) Syllables, bigrams, n-grams

Both (a) and (b): as in "Chinese" languages, the unit of meaning is the syllable, which in Chinese script is one character.  However a large part of the vocabulary is two-syllable compounds whose meaning is related to but not determined by the meanings of the two syllables; like English "typewriter", "paramedic", "highlands", "pineapple", etc.  The strings of Voynichese glyphs that are delimited by the "word" spaces will turn out to be mostly syllables, some two-syllable compounds, plus maybe some other symbols, like abbreviations or isolated tone marks.

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Poll no. 2: Nature of the cipher
I believe the bulk of the text was ciphered using... (Multiple choices allowed)
☐ Something else

Not ciphered at all, just a phonetic rendition of the language in an invented spelling system.

I'm interested in polling those who hold the more "traditional" views, namely that it's likely ciphered Latin, Romance, Germanic, or the like.

Reminds me of the old educational joke:

• Walking home at night, a Good Samaritan sees another man on all fours, looking for something on the sidewalk, under a lamppost.
  
• "I lost my keys" says the man, who is obviously quite drunk.
  
• "OK, let me help", says the first guy. But after looking everywhere in vain, he asks:
  
• "Are you sure you sure you lost the keys around here?"
  
• "Actually, I lost them over there.  But over there it is too dark to look for them."
  

 All the best, --jorge