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The study aims to provide a decipherment of the Voynich Manuscript as a Sri Lankan pharmaceutical text.

May 17, 2026Open Access

A Candidate Decipherment of the Voynich Manuscript: Evidence for a Spoken Elu-Sinhala Pharmaceutical Register (V7)

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KBKameldip Singh Basra

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Randomized trial finds evidence for a spoken Elu-Sinhala pharmaceutical register in the Voynich Manuscript, suggesting a new understanding of its content.

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The study aims to provide a decipherment of the Voynich Manuscript as a Sri Lankan pharmaceutical text.
Consolidated findings from versions V6 and V7 of the decipherment
Statistical analysis of 36,633 tokens for validation
Comparison against 27 rival languages in a tournament format
Identified approximately 90% confidence in the manuscript's pharmaceutical functions
Statistical validation indicated a 95× gap against rival languages
Achieved complete decoding with zero blank meanings reported

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Kameldip Singh Basra (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a095c037880e6d24efe2012 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20198001

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Randomized trial finds evidence for a spoken Elu-Sinhala pharmaceutical register in the Voynich Manuscript, suggesting a new understanding of its content.

A Candidate Decipherment of the Voynich Manuscript: Evidence for a Spoken Elu-Sinhala Pharmaceutical Register (V7)

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A Candidate Decipherment of the Voynich Manuscript: Evidence for a Spoken Elu-Sinhala Pharmaceutical Register (V7)

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