Statistical Proof of Rule-Governed Morphology in the Voynich Manuscript

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Not only are the Voynich words broken into morphemes that follow a prefix → root → stem → postfix methodology, each page also follows the same grammatical pattern structurally. And the pattern shows up everywhere in the manuscript.  You can think of them as descriptive zones, illustrative zones and resultative zones.

I still don't get it. If I am not wrong you were talking about 4 Classes (not three as you explain) and you were talking about lines... So, I don't get your answer.

Yes, there are 4 Classes: prefix → root → stem → postfix.  I guess I didn't explain well.  Which is why, yes, I do rely on AI at times to get my meaning across. When I mention three zones, I’m talking about how those four parts show up on the page, not changing the grammar itself.  The top (descriptive) zone is where you see the prefix + root combinations doing the “naming” work.  The middle (illustrative) zone shows the stem activity, the process or relationships, usually around the drawings.  The bottom (resultative) zone carries the postfix endings, the outcomes or actions.

So it’s four grammatical slots, but three physical regions on the page. Same structure, just scaled up.

Think of it like a sentence that says “green tree needles bitter.”

In normal language, that sounds odd, but structurally it goes:

• green → descriptive (prefix-type)
  
• tree → root (the main subject)
  
• needles → stem (extension of the idea)
  
• bitter → postfix-type (result or quality)
  

Now imagine that same flow stretched across the page:

• the top text is the “green tree” part (description and naming),
  
• the middle illustration is the “needles” part (the process or structure),
  
• and the bottom text block is the “bitter” part (the result or effect).
  

Voynich is an agglutinate language.  I can't say that word for some reason so I just call it a lego language.  Each word is comprised of parts like green tree needles bitter.  But so is every sentence... and so is every page!  Sometimes parts get left out or jammed together (like the descriptive zone), but the same pattern runs through all of it.

It's similar to Turkish.  You just keep adding parts.  But where Turkish is snap-together legos, Voynich is melting legos, It builds the same structure, but sometimes the pieces fuse or deform depending on where they sit in the sentence or page.

I know, I'm stating a lot without providing proof.  I'm hoping when the paper goes live it'll explain it better but that's the best way I have to describe your 3 vs 4 question.