Chapter 1142 Dying Language
When Zhang Zi'an and the others entered the store, the girl just now stayed outside the store and looked at the wind. The middle-aged and elderly people wearing short-sleeved sleeves covered the store door and waved their hands at them, asking them not to rush to ask questions.
Gao Ke and He He were nervous. Although the old man and the girl had a kind face, the bad guy would not write the words "I am a bad guy" on his face. How could he know that he had just left the wolf's nest and entered the tiger's den?
Zhang Zian wondered even more. When Fina came? When he went to rescue He He and the others, he acted with Feimas because he knew that Fina could not condescend to save a woman who was not a relative or accomplice and liked to commit suicide.
He thought Fina, Xinghai, and π were staying in place together. Unexpectedly, not only Fina, but Xinghai and π had also come here, but He He Gaoke and the others were unable to see it.
In fact, the straight line distance of the store is quite close to the accident site, and you can still hear the noise of the accident site. The onlookers seemed to find that they had slipped away at this time. They cursed for a few words and then scattered like birds and beasts.
The store door was pushed open. The girl walked in with another local boy just now, closed the store door again, nodded at the old man, took off the robe that covered his body, and threw it aside at will.
Under the robe, their clothes and dress are no different from Zhang Zian and others, and they are also a combination of shirts, polo shirts, sneakers and jeans.
While they were opening the door, Lao Cha also rushed in. It had just looked for Fina and the others but couldn't find it. He smelled the smell and found that the smell of Zhang Zi'an and the elves met here.
The old man also breathed a sigh of relief, looked at everyone with a smile, and said in English: "Welcome, you must be frightened, let's take a break first. I know you must have many questions to ask, but it's safe now, so don't worry, I will explain it to you later. Please sit there casually! Black tea or coffee?"
I was clamored by the Arabic language before, but now they feel very friendly when listening to English. If Gao Ke and others can get into graduate school, English must be good, and Zhang Zi'an's daily English conversation is not a problem, let alone Jack who traveled to many countries when he was a child.
Zhang Zian and the others had a lot of things to ask, but the guest followed the host and was infected by the calming emotions of the old man, and they gradually calmed down.
After a long struggle, they were indeed thirsty, so they found a chair to sit down and asked for the drink they wanted.
A few minutes later, the young man and woman walked out of the inner room with a tray, which contained black tea and coffee, and distributed it to Zhang Zi'an and the others.
What Zhang Zian wanted was black tea. After taking a sip, he couldn't help but grin. It was so sweet! Is the sugar here worth noting?
Egyptians, both men and women, were fond of sweets until they were all sweet. Most food and drinks were so sweet that they felt so sweet that they were covered by robes and couldn't see them anyway, and their figures were casual. They would do whatever they like.
After delivering the drinks, the young man and woman stood beside the old man, who introduced: "My name is Lazart. These two are my daughter Kate and son Chris."
Zhang Zian and the others looked at each other. The names of these young brothers and sisters... have no Egyptian characteristics at all. They are very common European and American names.
Jack is a mixed-race child who grew up in a foreign country. It is not surprising that he was given a name like Jack, but the three of this family are all very ordinary locals. How could he be...
Could it be that like Zhang Zi'an, he felt that foreigners pronunciate "Zi'an" without standard pronunciation, so he gave himself an English name like "Jeff"?
They were not good at asking questions in person, and they were thinking about it in their hearts, but the next sentence of the old man Lazart made them suddenly realize.
Lazart saw their doubts and smiled and said, "Oh, by the way, we are Coptics."
Zhang Zi'an felt moved, looked at Fina, then looked at the siblings and Chris, who were honest and cheerful, and did not feel distorted. He carefully observed the appearance of the brother and sister. Although it looked similar to the locals at a minimum, after a closer look, he could find that the thick eyebrows, deep eye sockets and high cheekbones of the brother and sister were subtle differences from the appearance of ordinary locals, and was closer to the appearance characteristics of southern Egyptians.
I see……
This can make sense.
The Coptics are ethnic minorities in Egypt, accounting for about 10% of Egypt's population. They claim to be descendants of ancient Egyptians and pharaohs. The most important thing is that they believe in Christianity, so they do not care about physical contact between strange men and women.
Lazart took a sip of black tea and said, "I will tell you what happened first, maybe I can answer your questions. When I finish talking, if you have anything to ask, just speak."
After something happened to He He and the others, Zhang Zi'an rushed to help, and Fina and the other elves stayed there.
On the other hand, Lazart walked back from the church with a pair of children and saw riots coming from the street in front. He was very nervous when he was afraid that the political situation would be unstable and he was in a state of unrest, so he asked his daughter Mary to stay by his side and ordered his son Chris to go ahead to check the situation.
When Lazart was with his children in private, in order not to forget the origin and history of his own nation, he often spoke Coptic language, and their conversation happened to be heard by Fina.
The source of Coptic is complex, it is the final form of ancient Egypt and the product of Hellenization of the Egyptian language under Roman and Byzantine rule.
This language system was founded in the 3rd century AD. The writing system is based on Greek. Then, some letters are borrowed from the "secular" writing method of the evolution of hieroglyphs in ancient Egypt to represent pronunciations that do not exist in Greek. It is considered a combination of Greek and ancient Egyptian language.
At present, Coptic language is almost extinct, and few people use it again. Only a small number of Coptics are still using it privately. I don’t know how long it will take to officially disappear.
However, in history, this language once played a huge role. French philologist Shang Boliang was able to discover the secret of the Rosetta Stone because he was proficient in Coptics and finally cracked the hieroglyphs of ancient Egypt. Coptics are like the pinyin of Chinese, while ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs are like Chinese characters. When the pinyin and characters correspond one by one, the secret of hieroglyphs are revealed.
As Zhang Zian guessed, Fina was not interested in helping her killer He He. It squatted lazily while yawning, and secretly complained that Zhang Zian was troublesome.
However, at this moment, it heard a pronunciation that was very similar to that of the ancient Egyptian language in its ears, just as if it had been away for many years and heard the local accent again, and its whole body suddenly became stiff.
It turned around mechanically, just in time to meet Lazart's sight.
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