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.
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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
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Early life
Eugene Chan was born in Jinjing Township (金井鎮) in the city of
Jinjiang,
Fujian
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, China. He later moved to
Hong Kong
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Eugene Chan biography
Books
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References
External links
Official website
Numeralbank
Numeralbank
on GitHub
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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)
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