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Actually Dead or Extinct Languages - for most purposes.
I will touch upon several languages:
Cuneiform writing of Mesopotamia
Sinaitic Script
Indus Valley Script
Hittite Hieroglyphic Writing
Lycian
Lydian
Phrygian
Egyptian
Etruscan
Carian Script
These will include examples which I have been able to obtain over the years,
and some of the additional languages which I have yet to even find another
reference to -- or translation for.
I will also be putting up the base translation for the TechnoBard alphabet. It
is based on some scraps of a language someone translated for me when I was very
young.
Also I have some information on Voynich manuscript.
Despite a number of claims of solutions to the mystery of the Voynich
manuscript, to date it remains unread. It is unknown in which language it was
written and whether it is in a code (cipher) or in plaintext using abbreviations
and an unknown alphabet. There is also the possibility of a hoax, so at this
stage one may well ask whether there is an underlying language at all. Plaint
text, code, gibberish?
This table uses the official 'alphabetical order' of the Voynich alphabet,
with some additional characters added at the end.
Characters between parentheses in the FSG and Currier columns indicate
extensions proposed by the EVMT team in order to allow better conversion between
FSG and Currier.
| Bennett |
FSG |
SSG |
Currier |
VMs char |
Frogguy
'Classic' |
Neo-
Frogguy |
Techno Bard |
| D |
4 |
4 |
4 |
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4 |
4 |
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| O |
O |
O |
O |
| o |
o |
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| S |
8 |
8 |
8 |
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8 |
8 |
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| G |
G |
9 |
9 |
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9 |
9 |
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| Z |
2 |
2 |
2 |
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s |
s |
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| L |
E |
E |
E |
| x |
x |
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| Q |
R |
U |
R |
| 2 |
2 |
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| CT |
T |
S |
S |
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ct |
et |
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| ET |
S |
Z |
Z |
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c't |
e't |
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| H |
H |
B |
P |
| qp |
qp |
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| P |
P |
P |
B |
| qj |
dj |
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| K |
D |
V |
F |
| lp |
lp |
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| F |
F |
F |
V |
| lj |
fj |
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| CHT |
HZ |
# |
Q |
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cqpt |
eQPt |
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| CPT |
PZ |
$ |
W |
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cqjt |
eDJt |
|
| CKT |
DZ |
% |
X |
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clpt |
eLPt |
|
| CFT |
FZ |
@ |
Y |
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cljt |
eFJt |
|
| A |
A |
A |
A |
| a |
a |
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| C |
C |
C |
C |
| c |
c |
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| I |
I |
|
I |
| i |
i |
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| |
IE |
I |
G |
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ix |
ix |
|
| |
IIE |
Y |
H |
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iix |
iix |
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| |
IIIE |
J |
1 |
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iiix |
iiix |
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| |
IR |
K |
T |
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i2 |
i2 |
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| |
IIR |
G |
U |
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ii2 |
ii2 |
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| |
IIIR |
Q |
0 |
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iii2 |
iii2 |
|
| U |
L |
D |
D |
| v |
v |
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| N |
N(*) |
N |
N |
| iv |
iv |
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| M |
M(*) |
M |
M |
| iiv |
iiv |
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| |
IIIL |
W |
3 |
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iiiv |
iiiv |
|
| |
K |
H |
J |
| ig |
ig |
|
| |
IK |
L |
K |
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iig |
iig |
|
| |
IIK |
R |
L |
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iiig |
iiig |
|
| |
IIIK |
T |
5 |
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iiiig |
iiiig |
|
| |
(6) |
& |
6 |
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cg |
eg |
|
| |
(7) |
u |
7 |
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& |
& |
|
| Y |
Y |
_ |
(n) |
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n |
n |
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| V |
V |
|
(v) |
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^ |
^ |
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| |
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|
(y) |
TBD |
y |
y |
|
| |
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(z) |
TBD |
z |
z |
|
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(k) |
TBD |
k |
k |
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| E |
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| T |
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| B |
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| J |
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| K |
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| R |
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| W |
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| X |
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| Z |
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| 0 |
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| 1 |
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| 2 |
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| 3 |
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| 4 |
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| 5 |
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| 6 |
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| 7 |
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| 8 |
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| 9 |
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| 10 |
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| 20 |
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| 30 |
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| 40 |
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| 50 |
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| 60 |
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| 70 |
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| 80 |
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| 90 |
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| 100 |
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| 500 |
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| 1000 |
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(*) Note: Tiltman used the FSG alphabet, but instead of N and M wrote
IL and IIL.
Known contributions: Jacques Guy, Julie Porter (Voynich font)
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