10-11-2025, 10:18 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-11-2025, 01:49 AM by Doireannjane.
Edit Reason: added og and TL line
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Someone asked for my methodology for repeatability and a lot of it has to do with my ears over time. This took A LOT of time.
This is clumsily written and doesn't include everything, but it avoids road blocks I ran into.
If I can't find a word, I break up the word.
I would say just to get your ears ready, look at my lexicon and sound out a voynich word with the lexicon and the rules (doesn't have to be perfect.)
Look up the phonetic spelling of it on Teannglann. Look at all the suggested words and listen to the ones that have the pronunciation tab. Go to tab, listen to all three dialects.
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Just to get your ear understanding those different sounds first. There are of course still exceptions with order and sound, and what your typing into teanglann to get the closest sound. You may notice no Ms or Ss, these sounds are made with combinations that I haven't included since they are not as common.
I have found there are quite a few homonyms.
th = th sound or huh, or hard t and sometimes d
fh/bh = fuh vuh, fh sometimes silent or huh in middle of word
ch/g = sometimes interchangeable
aigh and ofada = sometimes interchangeable
dg = dhin or juh sound
ufada and a symbol(oo sound) sometimes interchangeable
single small line, eh
double small line, - ee or ea sound
seeing oo- is an a fada with additional stress/syllable (trá for example, seen in my example)
fada solo = l, with it's following a vowel it extend vowel usually
vowels
oai = english w sound
suffixes:
-ouil - sometimes noun, sometimes adverb with english -ly
-ual -relating to nature
-dhin sometimes jin or din sound. If din it is diminutive most of the time
8 symbol with tail (pointy)= ght, cht, curvy = cht - a vowel almost always precedes it
g symbol - in ann an eann sound, sometimes means in process of/ing
o fada = adding "from" to the noun it precedes
the suffix in Irish "-og" written as A Fada is diminutive so small, but more of a tiny connotation, it is occasionally written as O Fada
prefixes:
o + Towers = ath- or ath not a prefix, the o can be soft you have to search for a words and t/th
half towers = fh or bh FUH or VUH sound, occaisionally silent in middle of words when order of vowels calls for it
4o = fo- fa feo
o and half towers= sometimes o is silent.
Cuffed towers and half towers at hard T and F respectively
R slices through all towers. when extra long it is infrequently an L so, tl or thl, same for F
R with a hat in center is BR
This is clumsily written and doesn't include everything, but it avoids road blocks I ran into.
If I can't find a word, I break up the word.
I would say just to get your ears ready, look at my lexicon and sound out a voynich word with the lexicon and the rules (doesn't have to be perfect.)
Look up the phonetic spelling of it on Teannglann. Look at all the suggested words and listen to the ones that have the pronunciation tab. Go to tab, listen to all three dialects.
-----> Tain Bo for medieval reference: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
Just to get your ear understanding those different sounds first. There are of course still exceptions with order and sound, and what your typing into teanglann to get the closest sound. You may notice no Ms or Ss, these sounds are made with combinations that I haven't included since they are not as common.
I have found there are quite a few homonyms.
th = th sound or huh, or hard t and sometimes d
fh/bh = fuh vuh, fh sometimes silent or huh in middle of word
ch/g = sometimes interchangeable
aigh and ofada = sometimes interchangeable
dg = dhin or juh sound
ufada and a symbol(oo sound) sometimes interchangeable
single small line, eh
double small line, - ee or ea sound
seeing oo- is an a fada with additional stress/syllable (trá for example, seen in my example)
fada solo = l, with it's following a vowel it extend vowel usually
vowels
oai = english w sound
suffixes:
-ouil - sometimes noun, sometimes adverb with english -ly
-ual -relating to nature
-dhin sometimes jin or din sound. If din it is diminutive most of the time
8 symbol with tail (pointy)= ght, cht, curvy = cht - a vowel almost always precedes it
g symbol - in ann an eann sound, sometimes means in process of/ing
o fada = adding "from" to the noun it precedes
the suffix in Irish "-og" written as A Fada is diminutive so small, but more of a tiny connotation, it is occasionally written as O Fada
prefixes:
o + Towers = ath- or ath not a prefix, the o can be soft you have to search for a words and t/th
half towers = fh or bh FUH or VUH sound, occaisionally silent in middle of words when order of vowels calls for it
4o = fo- fa feo
o and half towers= sometimes o is silent.
Cuffed towers and half towers at hard T and F respectively
R slices through all towers. when extra long it is infrequently an L so, tl or thl, same for F
R with a hat in center is BR