28-08-2025, 09:28 PM
Regarding the months, I think there is something with the May and June months that could be worth knowing.
As a catalan ninja, I should tell you that May is nowaday written Maig, but it is pronounced a bit like match. Note that in the Voynich, we have may (with that y at the end).
For June, we have Juny, this is sort of the English J (a bit stronger) and "ny" is the same sound of the spanish ñ. In the MS we have sort of yong.
I have the theory that who wrote this, wrote the same sound of the ending of Maig and the same sound of the beginning of Juny with this kind of "y", and he added also "ny" at the end of Juny (as it is written nowadays). OK, now it is Juny and not Jony... but nobody is perfect.
So what I am saying is that maybe the months are in Catalan or in Occitan or a very near language.
As a catalan ninja, I should tell you that May is nowaday written Maig, but it is pronounced a bit like match. Note that in the Voynich, we have may (with that y at the end).
For June, we have Juny, this is sort of the English J (a bit stronger) and "ny" is the same sound of the spanish ñ. In the MS we have sort of yong.
I have the theory that who wrote this, wrote the same sound of the ending of Maig and the same sound of the beginning of Juny with this kind of "y", and he added also "ny" at the end of Juny (as it is written nowadays). OK, now it is Juny and not Jony... but nobody is perfect.
So what I am saying is that maybe the months are in Catalan or in Occitan or a very near language.