Harvard physicist's take on the VMS

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I never computed H(vord | previous_vord) but I'm pretty sure I read sb else did a couple of years ago. I think the values weren't that low compared to European languages, but don't quote me on that.

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Skimming the Wikipedia articles on the Inukitut language and how it was developed from the Cree script:

Cree syllabics were developed for Ojibwe by James Evans, a missionary in what is now Manitoba in the 1830s. Evans had originally adapted the Latin script to Ojibwe (see Evans system), but after learning of the success of the Cherokee syllabary,  he experimented with invented scripts based on his familiarity with Pitman shorthand and Devanagari.

 
Sorry I can't help but point out that

1. Latin script was the first alphabet tried by a Westener to transliterate an "exotic" language to him
   
2. (Later) When devising the Cree syllabary, inspiration was drawn from two systems the author was familiar with; namely Devaganari and shorthand.
   

So it's entirely plausible that the glyphset for Voynichese, whether it's an encryption, gibberish or transliteration of an East Asian language, was derived from medieval Latin/cipher letterforms -- a much simpler explanation than otherwise arguing it bears a resemblance out of sheer coincidence IMO

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As a disclaimer: Look, I'm not dying on the hill that the VMS glyphs were 100% copies of Latin/cipherglyphs. I don't really care that much, it just seems to me as the simpler explanation, that's all. It's not like I'm flailing a Wikipedia article out of all "encyclopedic sources" out there as a "gotcha". You go ahead and keep working on your East Asian hypothesis, best of luck honestly, but IMHO you shouldn't downplay/dismiss the glyph resemblance as likely a coincidence.