Mechanistic Decipherment of Rongorongo: A Statistical Validation of the Berrett Model

Rongorongo remains one of the world’s few undeciphered writing systems. This paper introduces the Berrett Model, a computational framework for evaluating proposed syllabic mappings within the corpus. By combining phonetic pattern analysis with statistical comparison against control data, the model identifies non-random structural features consistent with a phonetic encoding hypothesis. The approach emphasizes reproducibility through audit trails and quantitative validation, providing a testable foundation for further analysis of the Rongorongo script.