VMs: VMS is it artificial

["Jeff" <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have just built a table using the first three lines of the VMS. I replaced
the sequences cth, ckh, cph, cfh, ch and sh with other letters. Using the
possible pathways through the tables I produced as many combinations as I
could in the time. A fair few of the words generated were not in the sample
lines but were found elsewhere in the sample. I have done this before using
a less rigorous method and found the same. Now the question is would this
method be expected to generate words that were not in the sample but found
elsewhere if the VMS was not an artificial language? It seems fairly
consistent and I feel that if I were to scan the whole VMS text I would find
a higher percentage.

If anyone can explain this in terms of a natural language then I would be
keen to hear it. I have tried it with other languages and it falls flat on
its face. Especially if you only use three lines as an input text.

Jeff


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