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> tl;dr: it's probably real writing, likely related to Roma/Syriac Roma and Syriac are two radically different languages (Indo-European vs Semitic), so it's pe
by kingofpandora 9y ago
> tl;dr: it's probably real writing, likely related to Roma/Syriac
Roma and Syriac are two radically different languages (Indo-European vs Semitic), so it's peculiar that the conclusion would be that it's one of the two!
Disclaimer, I haven't watched the video.
- rnhmjoj 9y agoIf I understand correctly his hypotheses is that the Roma while migrating from India to Europe picked up features of various languages, in particular they used an earlier version of Syriac for spelling their language. The Voynich language was based on this language but diverged substantially by losing the /d/ sound and more. Watch the third video[1], it's much shorter but provides quite compelling evidence to support his theory. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhtZc-nFNt0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhtZc-nFNt0
- gecko 9y agoThe summary above is a bit off. The conclusion is that it's a Syriac-derived script for a dialect of the Old Roma language. Think how Urdu is an Indic language written with a Semitic script.