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Re: Cryptology

If u is a vowel it is probably not u, i, y, or a. You don't find many doubles of these in the English language. This leaves u to be o or e. Bemis or Ein are probably right.

Either s or r is probably a vowel
If s a vowel r is probably not
If r is a vowel s is probably not

Either w or n is a probably a vowel
If w is a vowel n is probably not
If n is a vowel w is probably not.

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Posted by DarkJedi613
u is a vowel.
w is probably a vowel.
q is probably a vowel
I am going to say I think it more likely that w is not a vowel. Your are unlikely to get a double vowel then another vowel in a word like in "kgcuuwf." This makes it very likely that n is a vowel.

That part above is almost logic now we are in the area of true guesswork.

P is likely to not be a vowel. Most words ending in a vowel have do not have a second vowel in front of them. Fewer still of these start in the same letter. like in "plowpn."

Something in "zirl" is a vowel. Things would be simpler if that was the r (also seen in "sr") but that is no guarantee.

Large words are divided into syllables. The basic rules for that are divide between two non-vowels or if there is no place where you can do that after a vowel and before a non-vowel. There are not many multi-syllable words with syllables more than 5 letters long. There are also not many single syllable words longer than 7 letters. This makes it very likely that "fzqfgop" is a two-syllable word. If p is not a vowel and q might be a vowel then it is fairly likely that f is not a vowel.

If w is not a vowel then you can say a lot about "oqw" and "owb." Either o is a vowel or o and/or b are vowels. When you look at "plowpn" "buuconac", "bqn" it is more likely that o is a vowel than b. B would force a triple vowel in "buuconac" but o looks like it could work in syllables. Q looks like a vowel from other words.

We should have 6 things that fit vowel rules: a e i o u and then y is the "could be" vowel that only matters when we find it at the end of the word.

u is a vowel
s or r is probably a vowel
n is probably a vowel
q is probably a vowel
o is probably a vowel

r and n could be y but they also appear in the middle of words so that isn't likely. Those above are probably the five vowels. Also one of them appears in each word if you use r instead of s. This makes the final vowels u, r, n, q, and o.
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