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Eugene Chan (linguist)
Eugene Chan (or Eugene S.-L. Chan; ) is a linguist from Hong Kong who specializes in numeral systems of world languages. He is best known as the creator and curator of the ''Numeral Systems of the World's Languages'' database, which contains lists of numerals for over 5,000 of the world's languages. The database is currently the largest online collection of numerals in the world's languages. Chan is affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. Early life Eugene Chan was born in Jinjing Township (金井鎮) in the city of Jinjiang, Fujian, Jinjiang, Fujian, China. He later moved to Hong Kong. Books *References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |