Eugene Chan (or Eugene S.-L. Chan; ) is a linguist from Hong Kong who specializes in

numeral system A numeral system (or system of numeration) is a writing system for expressing numbers; that is, a mathematical notation for representing numbers of a given set, using Numerical digit, digits or other symbols in a consistent manner. The same s ...

s 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 The Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History (german: Max-Planck-Institut für Menschheitsgeschichte) performs basic research into archaeological science. The institute is one of 80+ research institutes of the Max Planck Society and ...

Early life

Eugene Chan was born in Jinjing Township (金井鎮) in the city of Jinjiang,

Fujian Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capi ...

, China. He later moved to

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

.Eugene Chan biography

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External links

Official websiteNumeralbankNumeralbank
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Living people People from Jinjiang, Fujian Hong Kong linguists Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History Year of birth missing (living people) {{linguist-stub