[ianterrell]

> The word frequency distribution follows Zipf’s law, which is a necessary (though not sufficient) test of linguistic plausibility.

From http://www.isi.edu/natural-language/people/voynich-11.pdf, linked in another comment.

[hobs]

Oh reaaally. Interesting, I will read up because I had heard the exact opposite, and clearly my source is wrong! (my brain)