Chapter 305 Greek Simplification Plan

Author: Orthodox Khan Ali Buge

Chapter 305 Greek Simplification Plan

"That's right." Princess Jeona thought for a while, then nodded and said, "The language here is not very perfect, and most of them do not have corresponding words. Compared with this, Chinese characters are indeed more advantageous.

.But how did it deal with the competition in Greek at the beginning?”

"In terms of history and cultural accumulation, Greek even surpassed Latin. I heard those Greeks claim that the Romans had already started learning Greek in the ancient Roman times. Until the Ross region, people used Greek or it was derived.

There are hundreds of letters for writing. They should still have some advantages, right?"

"This..." Guo Kang hesitated: "Actually, it's a bit hurtful to tell the truth. But we don't have it here..."

He glanced at Theodora: "Anyway, there are no pure Greeks, so I'll tell the truth. In fact, when we first gained a foothold here, Greek was almost out of reach."

"In addition to this circle around the Aegean Sea, there are people speaking Greek in the mountains of the Greek Peninsula. From the southeastern coast of the Black Sea to Cappadocia, there are people speaking Greek, or Turkmen dialects recorded in Greek letters. But these

If people are too far away, they will have no effect on our situation at that time."

"In Bulgaria and Serbia in the north, and in the farther places that were once ruled by Rome, the language of the local people should theoretically belong to Slavic. In the east, the local languages ​​are already various Turkmenistan and Armenian dialects.

It’s all. Overseas areas such as Alexander and Syria have been basically lost. The scope of Greek usage has shrunk significantly, and it has almost returned to the era nearly two thousand years ago.”

In later generations, these Slavic languages ​​could be divided into Bulgarian, Slovenian, Croatian, Macedonian, Serbian and Montenegro, etc. - of course, there are many languages ​​in it, and there is not much difference. Rather, it is because it is because

Different languages ​​form different ethnic groups and divide different countries. It is better to say that it is because it needs to be divided into multiple countries, so it is necessary to invent different ethnic groups and then to force similar dialects to different languages.

However, these have nothing to do with Greece.

"At this time, there were already big problems with Greek language." Guo Kang introduced: "Basically, only the scholars and nobles in the city can still use the rigorous and meticulous classical Greek language. Most areas are

What I said is a very colloquial language. Simply put, as time goes by, the 'text-language separation' begins."

"Originally, this was normal for an ancient civilization. However, the Greek region had been war-torn for a long time, especially for more than a hundred years before, and even a unified regime was difficult to maintain. Latin lords, Greek tyrants, and even the Ottomans in various places.

The forces of the Slavic countries all seized their own powers and acted on their own."

"The war between them not only affected education, but also made the language more and more scattered. There was no common grammar on them, and the poor in the mountains had no money to receive formal grammar education. So, even if the grammar of classical language was already

It is very strict and has a perfect structure, and only a few people are still using it.”

"For Greek, this situation is very serious. Chinese characters can be written in the same set of characters, and at the same time, classical Chinese classics from the ancient three dynasties and the current vernacular novels. But if you write classical Chinese and vernacular in Greek, you may become

Two languages.”

"So, the influence of Greek at that time was not as great as that of now. Those Greek nobles could not even teach ordinary people outside the city well, so how could they compete with us?"

"Then how did you do it?" asked Princess Jeona.

"At that time, my predecessors thought of a plan, which was to use the local Bulgarian language as the basis to fill in Chinese characters." Guo Kang said: "They reduced the grammatical requirements as much as possible and removed the words caused by patterns, personal names, and tense.

Change, and replace it with independent additional words."

"This makes grammar learning much easier and avoids the misunderstandings that may be caused by grammar errors. People who can write some basic texts, even if the dialects they speak are completely different, can use this set of tools to communicate.

Writing documents and announcements.”

"So, do you mean to not have grammar?" Princess Jeona said in surprise: "I thought it was because of a low level of education, so everyone could only express it like this."

"It's enough if the grammar does not affect the correct meaning." Guo Kang said: "I have heard people tell jokes that Sigismund went to attend a religious conference, but there was a grammatical error in his speech, so he was priested.

The ridicule.”

"Sigesmond was very angry and said, 'I am the king, I am the grammar', and repeatedly claimed that as King Almani, his power lies in grammar. You see, even aristocrats of this level

I can't understand the grammar, which shows that this thing doesn't have much impact."

"In actual use, even if there are some errors in word order and grammar, the information transmission of this system will not be greatly affected. For example, someone wants to report that "we will need to receive thirty arrows next month," and you can directly

Write 'A certain outpost will take thirty arrows, the next month'. Even in this order, as long as the keywords are all included, others can understand what he expresses."

"The so-called grammar we train is enough to ensure that they can express the meaning of this level clearly - it is not so grammar, but more so in official document format. The remaining higher requirements are not what everyone in the grassroots soldiers must master.

Now.”

"This is why I say that it is just a military language, not a common word. On the one hand, it is a nominal issue, and on the other hand, it is also because, as a common word, this thing is actually a bit meaningless." Guo Kang admitted:

"Over the years, we have made a lot of attempts and improvements. Many legion soldiers are stationed in different places. Using this method, combined with Chinese and local vocabulary, they can also use gestures and guesses to express their meaning without using translation. But this

The 'League Talk' is just an extremely simplified version after all, it is very imperfect and sounds weird. Therefore, there are other ways to get higher levels."

"What is that?" Princess Na became more and more curious.

"On the one hand, we have greatly simplified the classical Greek based on the current Greek spoken language. On the other hand, we are indeed promoting the Chinese vernacular itself." Guo Kang said: "Although these languages ​​are still relatively difficult, they are relatively

It is already quite good to teach. If you want to continue learning, it is still the main way at present."
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