17-05-2026, 02:03 AM
(This post was last modified: 17-05-2026, 08:55 AM by pmw57.
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(17-05-2026, 12:00 AM)ReneZ wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.The problem is obvious. How do we know that r is riposo and not, say, riso ?
That would be I suppose be where context and familiarity with the language come in to play.
In the mercantesca shorthand I'm seeing what looks to be some similarities.
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EVA a
![[Image: mercantesca-a.png]](https://italian.newberry.t-pen.org/www/images/mercantesca-a.png)
aEVA y
![[Image: mercantesca-a2.png]](https://italian.newberry.t-pen.org/www/images/mercantesca-a2.png)
a with tailEVA k
![[Image: mercantesca-et1.png]](https://italian.newberry.t-pen.org/www/images/mercantesca-et1.png)
etEVA q
![[Image: mercantesca-per.png]](https://italian.newberry.t-pen.org/www/images/mercantesca-per.png)
perThose charcterx look like they share some DNA with Voynich, with the two types of a's that are on EVA a and y which has a long tail, and the per sign that;s assigned to EVA q.
It being an abbreviated form also helps to explain why natural language prose attempts haven't been all that successful.