To begin deciphering a language, you first have to know simple rules in languages that help decypherment. There will be a code below this paragraph that you should be able to decipher after reading this. Step one, look for patterns, this is a simple and easy rule that applies to alot in deciphering languages, we are going to be looking at simple patterns since the code is in English. Vowels usually come after the first letter of a word, in fact 90% of English words have a vowel after the first letter! The most used vowel is "E" being in 11% of words, so in deciphering E is the first vowel to go for. If you spot a specific letter/number after the first letter, it is likely a vowel. Letters by themself are also usually a vowel word such as "A", and "I". Another pattern that can be spotted are consonant digraphs, or when multiple letters go together, for example "Th", "Qu", "Ch" etc.
87WWA 9 27P GAT 13RRAP I734 P89O. 96 GAT 13R, 1AR5I3P0
*Hint: 1 Means C*
If you still can't read it, here's some help. Like the first paragraph said, most words have a vowel after the first letter, especially if that letter is repeated in multiple words, here's an example: "87WWA", "27P", and "I734" have "7" after the first letter, the first letter is different in both words so its not likely a consonant digraphs. It is likely a vowel. We know that 1 means C, and 7 is likely a vowel, we also know that letters by themself are likely a vowel, here's the sentence again. Red is a known vowel, Blue is a known consonant, and Green is a known letter.
87WWA 9 27P GAT C3RRAP I734 P89O. 96 GAT C3R, CAR5I3P0
Notice how "C3RRAP", and "C3R" have the same 3 letters at the beggining, "C3RRAP" is likely a contraction, or related to "C3R". Since "3" is the second letter on these two words, it is likely a vowel, this isnt always the case though since the second letter of "The" is a consonant. Also notice how "9" is by its self. It is likely "A", or "I". The word "A" usually comes after verbs or prepositions, which are not typically the first word of a sentence, so it is likely "I". Here's the sentence again.
87WWA I 27P GAT C3RRAP I734 P8IO. I6 GAT C3R, CAR4I3P0
With all that we do know, we can easily crack this code in no time. Since we found out "I" we see the 2 letter word "I6", and we know that it could either be "If", "In", "Is", or "It" since they are all 2 letter words that start with I. We'll figure out which of those words it is in a little bit, but we know it's a consonant for sure. Notice is how "A" is the second letter of "GAT", and "CAR5I3P0" you can guess what that most likely means below.
Good job, here is what we have so far:
87WWAI 27P GAT C3RRAP I734 P8IO. I6 GAT C3R, CAR5I3P0
Notice how "87WWA", and "C3RRAP" have two of the same letters, that is called a Homogeneous digraph and can be either a consonant or vowel. Since "87WWA" already has a vowel before and after the Homogeneous digraph, it is definitely a consonant, which could be "ll", "ss", "ff", "bb", or "zz". The most common Homogeneous digraph that is a consonant is "ll". If we use "ll" we get:
87LLAI 27P GAT C3RRAP I734 P8IO. I6 GAT C3R, CAR5I3P0
One thing that is very common to be the first word of a sentence is a greeting, and in english there is one greeting that is very common spelled like ?|Vowel|LL|Vowel, and that is "Hello". If we try "Hello" in out sentence, we get 3 more letters, two vowels, and one consonant, here's what we have now.
With the word "PHIO" we see that the second letter is "H", and that means that is is likely to be a consonant digraph. It could be "Th", "Sh", "Ch", "Wh", or "Gh". That is alot of possibilities though, so lets slim it down. "Gh" is not likely to have an "I" after it, and "Wh" would not likely be it because the word "PHIO" has four letters, and the third is "I". Now we have "Th", "Sh", and "Ch", but the most common consonant diagraph is "Th", we could have "Thin" or "This", lets try moth of those and see which makes more sence.
Since "Thin" is not a word used in grammar, and this sentence is a simple sentence to help learn deciphering, lets go with "This". Another key to deciphering a language is to look at context, what might it be talking about? why does it say what it says? These questions are important because alot of ancient texts and modern texts mostly talk about things of it's own time. A good example of this is alot of ancient texts talk about old kings names, or country names you might want to assume that some words might be something like that. An example of that is alot of semitic languages have the root word "MLK" for "King" so if I see a word that looks like a name, I can assume that it could possibly say "MLK" or "King" especially if the name is from around the time the text was written. In deciphering, another thing that is really helpful is having multiple texts, I'll put another short sentense on the bottom to another hint.
THISIS 3 SERTERCE
There are so many clues in that text that we can probably figure out that it says "THIS IS A SENTENCE" without even thinking about it, not lets see what the original sentence is
Back to the "I6" we obviously know that is not "Is", "It", or "In" because we deciphered "S", "T", and "N" so it would have to be "If" and the only three letter word that usually comes after If and fits with what we already deciphered is "You" here's what we have now.