Posted 13 March 2012 - 01:39 PM
The language of the OLB is either an ancestor of English, Dutch, German and Swedish,
or an inconceivably good reconstruction of it.
The following is just a reading (ex)sample to demonstrate this.
Letter of copyist Hidde Oera Linda to his son Okke (first unnumbered page of OLB):
OKKE MIN1 SVN2.
THISSA3 BOKA4 MOT5 I MITH6 LIF7 ÀND8 SÉLE9 WÁRJA10.
SE VMBIFATTATH THJU SKÉDNISSE FON VS ÉLE FOLK11
ÁK FON VSA ÉTHLUM.
VRLÉDEN JÉR12 HÀB IK13 THAM UT14.ER FLOD15 HRED
TOLIK MITH THI ÀND THINRA MODER16.
THA HJA WÉRON WET WRDEN.
THÉRTHRVCH GVNGON HJA ÀFTERNEI VRDARVA.
VMBE HJA NAVT TO VRLYSA
HÀB IK RA VP WRLANDISK PAMPÍER17 VVRSKRÉVEN.
SAHWERSA THV SE ERVE.
MOT THU SE ÁK WRSKRÍVA.
THIN BÀRN ALSA TILTHJU HJA NIMMERTHE WÉI NAVT NE KVMA.
SKRÉVVEN TO LJUWERT.
NÉI ÁTLAND SVNKEN IS.
THÀT THRJA18 THÚSOND19.FJVWER20 HVNDRED21 ÀND NJUGON22 ÀND FJVWERTIGOSTE JÉR.
THÀT IS NEI KERSTEN RÉKNONG
THAT TVELF23.HVNDRED.SEX24 ÀND FIFTIGOSTE JÉR. ~
HIDDE TOBINOMATH25 OERA LINDA. ~
WÁK26. ~
e = english
d = dutch
g = german
s = swedish
1 MIN - e My/ Mine, d Mijn, g Mein, s Min
2 SVN - e Son, d Zoon, g Sohn, s Son
3 THISSA - e These, d Deze, g Diese, s Detta
4 plural of BOK - e Book, d Boek, f , g Buch, s Bok
5 MOT - e Must, d Moet, g Muss, s Måst
6 MITH - e With, d Met, g Mit, s Med
7 LIF - e Life, d Lijf/ Leven, g Leib/ Leben, s Liv
8 ÀND - e And, d En, g Und, s Och
9 SÉLE - e Soul, d Ziel, g Seele, s Själ
10 WÁRJA - e Beware, d Bewaren, g Bewahren, s Bevara
11 FOLK - e Folk, d Volk, g Volk, s Folk
12 JÉR - e Year, d Jaar, g Jahr, s År
13 IK - e I, d Ik, g Ich, s Jag
14 UT - e Out, d Uit, g Aus, s Ut
15 FLOD - e Flood, d Vloed, g Flut, s Flod
16 MODER - e Mother, d Moeder, g Mutter, s Mor
17 PAMPÍER - e Paper, d Papier, g Papier, s Papper
18 THRJA - e Three, d Drie, g Drei, s Tre
19 THÚSOND - e Thousand, d Duizend, g Tausend, s Tusen
20 FJVWER - e Four, d Vier, g Vier, s Fyra
21 HVNDRED - e Hundred, d Honderd, g Hundert, s Hundra
22 NJUGON - e Nine, d Negen, g Neun, s Nio
23 TVELF - e Twelve, d Twaalf, g Zwölf, s Tolv
24 SEX - e Six, d Zes, g Sechs, s Sex
25 NOMA - e Name, d Naam, g Nahme, s Namn
26 WÁK - e Wake/ Watch, d Waak/ Wacht, g Wache, s Vak