Kidnapping All Mankind

"What's the clue?" The minister stood up suddenly, disregarding the messy documents in front of him, and immediately grasped the collar of the staff across the desk.

"Look ... Look ..." The collared staff had trouble breathing and laboriously pointed at the console in front of the minister: "Video ... will ... conference ..."

"Ah, oh, oh!" The minister immediately loosened his hands, quickly operated a few times, and the large screen on the opposite side flashed a few times, and a large open room appeared, with dozens of excited-looking, scholar-like figures.

"... There are currently more than 20,000 languages ​​used by more than 1,000 people worldwide, and more than 3,000 languages ​​used by more than 30,000 people. The development of languages ​​is an extremely complicated process ..."

When the minister joined the video conference, the scholar standing in the middle was speaking: "Geographic isolation: mountains, rivers, swamps, deserts ... and social environment: war, plague, customs, etc., are the two categories most likely to produce new languages. Factors ... In the history of the earth's world, such examples abound, such as the Alps ... "

"Did I press something wrong?" Listening to these awkwardness that has nothing to do with the "supernatural clues", the minister looked up and looked at the assistant.

"Please be as short as possible ..." At this time, the other party joining the video conference expressed the same eagerness. This is a very familiar voice. The Minister of Public Opinion Guidance heard that the other party should be the person in charge of the Ministry of Public Emergency Affairs: "If there is a need, if there is a problem, we will ask you again."

"Hmm ... Okay ..." The scholar who was speaking paused and turned the document in his hand back five pages at a stretch: "... For the medieval world, there was no serious personal imprisonment, from life to death. One step away from the village is the normal state of most free people; even the lord class, long-term war and hostility to each other, the risk of leaving the ruling area is quite high; different villages ruled by the same lord are no exception. Due to the poor living environment and traffic, The state is very poor, and it's the gentlemen who will barely move unless it's a tax or an extremely serious event. "

"therefore……"

Finally, I heard the key word "So", and the minister's spirit revived. Only the scholars continued to say, "Under the dual influence of geographical isolation and social environment, we can see that the village of Akeli and other villages are just like different countries. Even if there is a translator for the sender, it is very difficult to communicate. "

Speaking of which, the scholar raised his hand for a gesture. A younger man, who was about to be an assistant, pressed the console a few times, and the display behind the scholar showed Dean and Elmo's first arrival in the village of Akeli. Interchange clips, interrogation clips when the thieves were captured, and cross-examination clips of Wu Qingchen's personal use to block messengers in other villages.

"In this case, under the premise of unified words, such as the earth, dialects that are very different from each other ... Put in the medieval world with a literacy rate of less than 0.5%, in essence, already belong to different languages."

"Zooming in to the entire Afford Colleague, the situation is similar. From yesterday's dinner, visit to the castle, and chat before the morning prayer today, it is obvious that all officials, guards, and attendants from different villages, Basically, there are serious accent problems ... For example, the second village head, his father is from the village of Orui ... "

"Please wait ..." The minister adjusted the state of the microphone and added a video link: "In these cases, the briefing basically has ... Where is the supernatural clue?"

"Supernatural clues are hidden in the accent ..." The scholar paused again, turning the file over two pages again: "Hey ... here ..."

The scholar gestured again, the assistant next to it operated again, and a panoramic picture when Wu Qingchen guided the people to pray early appeared on the display.

"Because of the good stage effect designed by the staff, the early prayer hosted by Mr. Wu Qingchen is very infectious, everyone please see ..." The scholar adjusted the speed to 0.3 times, held the stick and clicked on the video screen, and everyone looked at the scholar who deliberately clicked Position, it was quickly discovered that when Wu Qingchen recited his prayers, a large part of the audience below followed in silent meditation.

"Follow me ... can't you? This is a supernatural clue?" The director of the public opinion guidance department heard that the head of the Ministry of Public Emergency Affairs was already impatient.

"No." The scholar shook his head. "Here are the results of the collaboration between the lip group and micro-expression group experts."

The scholar pressed a few keys, and a series of words and short sentences spoken by the middle-aged world at the same time were heard in the speaker.

"This is a simulation of religious language."

After speaking, the scholar pressed a few more keys, and another two words and short sentences spoken by the two dozen people at the same time in the language of the Middle Ages were heard in the speaker.

"This is a simulation of everyday conversation."

"Well ..." A more keen video conference participant spoke: "The accent of morning prayer is neat, and the difference in ordinary conversation is relatively large."

"Yes." In the video of the remote video conference, the scholar nodded: "One third of these dozens of sound collection objects are residents of Fort Akford, and one third are often required to travel to other villages for business The last third of the commissioners are those who have lived in other villages for many years ... the result is very clear: geographical isolation and social and environmental factors, in terms of religious language and daily dialogue, have a completely different degree of influence. "

"This ..." The head of the public opinion guidance department said doubtfully: "Is there a difference caused by the standard pronunciation? Official French and regional slang are not affected by the local accent to the same degree ... After all, formal French has a national The education system, and radio, television, and ... "

Speaking of which, the head of the public opinion guidance department suddenly stopped himself.

"Yes, just like you think ..." The scholar smiled: "Of course, the medieval world, such as radio, television, and websites, did not have any of them ... As for the education system, everyone's experience in Praia's teaching ability."

"Don't bother with the fool of public opinion, then?" Another video conference participant couldn't wait to ask a question.

"唔 ......" scholars only turned one page this time: "Data analysis shows that the objects Mr. Wu Qingchen has contacted are directly proportional to the degree of geographic isolation between them in terms of language and accent. The greater the degree of isolation, the accent The more obvious the difference is, the other data is integrated, showing a fairly obvious data trend. "

"For example ..." The scholar ’s assistant operated again and changed the display screen content again: "Pea, buckwheat, diving, small fire ... the most common words ... based on the accent of the village of Akeli, the most recent Akefu The German village is 0.85, the farther Ore village is 0.72, the farther Lovran village is 0.63, and the parish deacon farther from 0.41, the farthest from the current location, the thief from another territory is 0.22 ... "

Speaking of which, the scholar's arm is down: "This change is basically a slash."

"However ..." the scholar continued: "These are also the statistical objects. When speaking of religious terms, they are also affected by accent, but the average rate of change is only 17% -25%. Some uncommon , Vocabulary in the purely spiritual realm, the rate of change is even between 5% -9%! "

Speaking of which, scholars ’arms are bent:" This change is basically a wavy line with very low fluctuations. "

"The slash ... the wavy line ..." the Minister of Public Opinion Guiding muttered, with something vaguely in mind.

"Through discussions with gentlemen in the field of linguistics ..." The scholars who spoke spoke nodded to dozens of other scholars in the seminar room: "and other colleagues in other countries, the current conclusion is that 15% -78% The rate of change is fully in line with the former Ackerford territories and surrounding areas. Affected by geographical isolation and social and environmental factors, local language judgments have gradually formed in about 200-500 years. "

"But religious terms are only 5% -9%, and 17% -25% ..." Speaking here, the speaker's face was full of expressions that he couldn't believe: "5% -9%! What does this mean? This data shows that since 300 years ago, the entire Ackerford congregation, the entire Fishgard parish, and even another lord's coverage area, the religious personnel used the same language! The accent is completely the same Language, and for a long, long time, more than a hundred years, there has been almost no change! "

"And what does 17% -25% mean?"

The speaking scholar said slowly and solemnly, "At present, there are many conjectures, but the highest recognition among peers in the world is: after 150-170 years ago, after some sudden change, the original religious language suddenly began to be affected by the same. Geographical isolation and social and environmental factors. "

"150-170 years ..."

The screen behind the scholar shows these two huge red numbers:

"Matching this data with the research results of theological scholars of major religions and the military sector, the results are amazing."