16-07-2026, 03:09 AM
I don't think this information is currently known.
If it's a natural language, it either has a very rigid word and syllable structure (and a small number of sounds) or the letters do not encode that. I think the "monosyllabic tonal language" theory is the most plausible version of this, but it raises questions given that the book is full of western European cultural images.
If it is a conlang, it's probably not especially similar to German or Latin. In a "low entropy" conlang, we would expect that it takes four or five times as many words for Voynich Writer Guy to get their meaning across.
If it's a cipher, we're not sure what technology was used. It would probably be of higher complexity than common ciphers from the time period. Weirder things have happened. I would expect the construction to feel a lot less artificial than something like the Naibbe cipher, but if it is discovered to mean anything, this is kind of what I'm expecting.
When I see "qokedy qokeedy qokechdy lol qokedy qokeedy qokechdy lol" my immediate thought is "That person is inexactly copying and manipulating symbols from elsewhere on the page.
If it's a natural language, it either has a very rigid word and syllable structure (and a small number of sounds) or the letters do not encode that. I think the "monosyllabic tonal language" theory is the most plausible version of this, but it raises questions given that the book is full of western European cultural images.
If it is a conlang, it's probably not especially similar to German or Latin. In a "low entropy" conlang, we would expect that it takes four or five times as many words for Voynich Writer Guy to get their meaning across.
If it's a cipher, we're not sure what technology was used. It would probably be of higher complexity than common ciphers from the time period. Weirder things have happened. I would expect the construction to feel a lot less artificial than something like the Naibbe cipher, but if it is discovered to mean anything, this is kind of what I'm expecting.
When I see "qokedy qokeedy qokechdy lol qokedy qokeedy qokechdy lol" my immediate thought is "That person is inexactly copying and manipulating symbols from elsewhere on the page.