TRANSLATION OF IGBO/CHINESE NUMERALS

Abstract

With the recent rise in Chinese economy and introduction of Confucius institutes all over the world, Chinese language is spreading very fast. A large number of people around the world want to learn Chinese language, because it is becoming popular. It is worth mentioning that one-fifth of the world’s population speaks some form of Chinese as their mother tongue. In order to promote and spread Igbo language, a translation of Igbo/Chinese numerals is significant. This is a first attempt to work on Igbo/Chinese numerals by any scholar. The objective of this research is to help the Nigerian (Igbo) students studying Chinese language and many Nigerian business men and women (of Igbo origin) who do business in China with a translation of numerals. This will equally assist the Chinese students and scholars who are interested in learning Igbo language. The paper is divided into different sections: introduction, Igbo language, Chinese language, the concept of translation, Igbo/Chinese numerals, analysis of Igbo numeral system, analysis of Chinese numeral system, and findings and conclusion.