13-01-2026, 02:51 PM
(13-01-2026, 01:56 PM)dashstofsk wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.This shows that for the majority of gallows words they can be split into initial and final word parts that are independent.
That linked post claims that "The word counts for the most frequent words are broadly in the range of what would be expected. No significant big swings from parity" But actually the ratios vary a lot, from zero for lk+aly to 10 for Cheek+y. Even among the most common prefixes and suffixes we see 0.24 for k+y and 6.39 for Chek+y.
The relative independence of prefixes and suffixes has long been observed and was the motivation for the various "word paradigms", including mine. While those statistics and word models may not fit "European" languages well, they are quite consistent with Voynichese words being largely monosyllabic. Or with an "European" lan gua ge spell ed as se pa ra te syll a bles.
Moreover, all VMS text statistics are contaminated by an unknown amount of errors (by the Author, the Scribe, the BEEP!, the transcriber). In particular, erratic transcription of dubious spaces (","). So they must be taken with a spoon of salt (tea- or table-, who knows...)
All the best, --stolfi