Dennis ixohoxi posted a pointer to a transliterated arabic sample. I got a small bit of that file --- arab-qur.txt ------------------------ ALM DHAALIKA AL-KITAAB LAA RAYB FE-HI HUDA LI-AL-MUTTAQEN 'ALLADHENA YU'MINON BI-AL-GHAYB WA-YUQEMON AS.-S.ALAAH WA-MIN MAA RAZAQNAA-HUM YUNFIQON WA-'ALLADHENA YU'MINON BI-MAA UNZILA 'ILAY-KA WA-MAA UNZILA MIN QABLI-KA WA-BI-AL-'AAKHIRAH HUM YOQINON 'OLAA'IKA cALAA HUDA MIN RABB-HIM WA-'OLAA'IKA HUM AL-MUFLIH.ON 'INNA 'ALLADHENA KAFARO SAWAA' cALAY-HIM 'A-ANDHARTA-HUM 'AM LAM TUNDHIR-HUM LAA YU'MINON KHATAMA 'ALLAAH cALAA QULOB-HIM WA-cALAA SAMc-HIM WA-cALAA ABS.AAR-HIM GHISHAAWAH WA-LA--HUM cADHAAB cAZ.EM ----------------------------------------- Then tried, just for fun, to turn it into pseudo-Voynichese by simple letter substitutions. I came up with this: cat arab-qur.txt | sed -f arab-to-voyn.sed > voyn-qur.txt --- arab-to-voyn.sed ------------------------ s/c/C/g s/[. ][. ]*/-.-/g s/^/-/g s/$/-/g s/AA-/AHA-/g s/AA/A-A/g s/W/q/g s/qA/qo/g s/A-/y.-/g s/A/o/g s/O/a/g s/S/sch/g s/R/tch/g s/N/l/g s/M/r/g s/DH/cthe/g s/KH/ckh/g s/GH/cth/g s/Q/ke/g s/F/cfh/g s/B-/shy.-/g s/B/she/g s/I-/aiin.-/g s/I/ee/g s/E-/ain.-/g s/E/e/g s/K/kch/g s/LL/p/g s/L/s/g s/T/ch/g s/D/che/g s/Z/ckhe/g s/YU/dol/g s/Y/d/g s/U-/am.-/g s/U/ol/g s/H/rch/g s/C/sh/g s/'/k/g s/-//g s/[.][.][.]*/./g --------------------------------------------- Result: --- voyn-qur.txt ------------------------ osr cthey.oseekchy.oskcheechy.oshy.sorchy.tchodshy.cfhain.rchaiin.rcholchey. saiin.osrolchchokeel kopoctheely.dolkreelal.sheaiin.oscthodshy.qodolkeeral osch.sch.osy.orch.qoreel.rorchy.tchockheokelorchy.rcholr.dollcfheekeal qokopoctheely.dolkreelal.sheaiin.rorchy.ollckheeesy.keesodkchy. qororchy.ollckheeesy.reel.keoshesaiin.kchy.qosheaiin.osky.ockheetchorch rcholr.dakeeelal kasy.okeekchy.shosorchy.rcholchey.reel.tchosheshy.rcheer.qokasy.okeekchy. rcholr.osrolcfhseerch.al keelly.kopoctheely.kchocfhotcha.schoqook.shosodrcheer ky.olctheotchchy.rcholr.kor.sor.chollctheeetchrcholr.sorchy. dolkreelal ckhochory.kopy.orch.shosorchy.keolsashy.rcheer.qoshosorchy. schorshrcheer.qoshosorchy.oshesch.y.otchrcheer.ctheeschrchy.oqorch qosy.rcholr.shocthey.oshy.shockhe.er -----------------------------------------