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Groups and weights of symbols
ololololo > Yesterday, 09:23 PM
I posted this in my thread, but it might be worth posting it here as well.
I don't have any statistical research on hand, so I can't justify it with scripts or tables. I've determined all of this, let's say, "by eye".
Instead of using linguistic concepts such as "prefix," "root," "suffix," or models like "Crust-Mantle-Core," I decided to try to represent positional patterns in terms of character ratios (identifying which characters are "bigger" than others and assigning weights accordingly).
Here's what I have (sorry for the crooked drawing):
The symbols are grouped conditionally. The largest symbol here is o (ignoring q), and the smallest is y (it appears 23 times after n, which is smaller than even a conventional unit!)
The unit group is special in that it is difficult to define internal relationships. I can assume that r is greater than i based on 18 examples where r precedes i. d is less than e, because I believe that a = ei. But if we consider a as a separate symbol, it will be in the same group.
Some remarkable ratios:
1). ch's more than a dozens of them, but fewer gallows. Also, ch's more than o.
2). x is more than a dozens
3). In the category with the symbol q, I can enter c, which has the property of standing in front of gallows (I mean cases like ct, not cth)
4). It is difficult to determine the weight of s, but I assume that it is the largest in the dozens group, as well as more than ch.
I don't know what good it will do, but I did it
Well, at the very least, it perfectly demonstrates the peculiarity of the Voynichese letters. Since they can easily be assigned weights, maybe they're not letters at all, but something else... Maybe they're numbers... Maybe even You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.?
What do you think?