Tool to decrypt/encrypt like Shankar. Shankar is a character from Vikas Swarup's book Q&A, that inspired Slumdog Millionnaire movie, who has a speech defect and use a crypted-like language.
Shankar Speech Defect (Q&A) - dCode
Tag(s) : Fun/Miscellaneous, Substitution Cipher
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Shankar's language is actually a speech problem of Shankar's character. In the book on which the film Slumdog Millionaire is based, the author uses a monoalphabetic substitution cipher with an alphabet designed to highlight the character's mispronunciation.
The letter substitution table is:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ |
XWYAZBCDQEFGHIKLMNOPJRSTUV |
Example: DCODE becomes AYKAZ and SHANKAR is translated ODXIFXN
The deciphering of Shankar's words consists of the substitution phase but reversed. The substitution alphabet is then:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ |
DFGHJKLMNUOPQRSTIVWXYZBACE |
Example: The chapter title in the book X GKRZ OPKNU is tranlated A LOVE STORY.
A message using the Shankar speech defect should include the letter Z (which replaces E) with a higher frequency than the other letters. The index of coincidence should be unchanged from the original text.
Any reference to the book Q & A of Vikas Swarup or to the Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire from Danny Boyle or any of their indian characters is undoubtedly a clue.
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