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> Statistical analysis of the text reveals patterns similar to those of natural languages. For instance, the word entropy (about 10 bits per word) is similar to
by hcarvalhoalves 13y ago
> Statistical analysis of the text reveals patterns similar to those of natural languages. For instance, the word entropy (about 10 bits per word) is similar to that of English or Latin texts.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voynich_manuscript http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voynich_manuscript
- canjobear 13y agoUnfortunately, entropy measures don't reliably distinguish linguistic scripts from other symbol systems: http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4652 http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4652