Well our team has been on this project for some time now,and we thought we can share our progress with the wider Igbo world. With this our Nation can join the league of nations who used/still use hanzi as their official writing system. We're still working and won't stop till it turns out perfectly

Nnoo/Alua

What's the aim and objective of the project?

pazienza:
What's the aim and objective of the project?

Creation of an alternative writing system for Igbo language. Igbo as we all know is tonal,which makes Latin unable to fit into the work of representing the language properly. So now we've decided to look at hanzi as an alternative..
Its still in progress anyway

Well... Let's go into basic terms

1] ala is 土
2] elu is 上
3] echi/etiti is 中
4] ugwu is 山

So to write the name of a city like Enugwu, all you need is just two characters 上山 to give us Enugwu

cheruv:

Creation of an alternative writing system for Igbo language. Igbo as we all know is tonal,which makes Latin unable to fit into the work of representing the language properly. So now we've decided to look at hanzi as an alternative..
Its still in progress anyway

Someone has a project for developing Nsibidi ideograms for the same purpose. Don't you think historically speaking that would be more appropriate?

In any case, there are real practical (even economic reasons) for using the Latin alphabet. 90% of internet content is in Latin script. Isolating yourself from this sea of knowledge, information and communication doesn't sound smart to me. Well over 50% of internet content is written in English. You can't underestimate the economic value of having an English speaking population. This is why country like Holland have actively accepted English as a second language.

Curlieweed:



Someone has a project for developing Nsibidi ideograms for the same purpose. Don't you think historically speaking that would be more appropriate?

In any case, there are real practical (even economic reasons) for using the Latin alphabet. 90% of internet content is in Latin script. Isolating yourself from this sea of knowledge, information and communication doesn't sound smart to me. Well over 50% of internet content is written in English. You can't underestimate the economic value of having an English speaking population. This is why country like Holland have actively accepted English as a second language.

Yes...I was even part of the Nsibiri project, but when I saw the limitations, I had to suspend my participation.
And no...this does not seek to replace Latin... But to enhance its understanding as regards use of Igbo language

cheruv:
Well our team has been on this project for some time now,and we thought we can share our progress with the wider Igbo world. With this our Nation can join the league of nations who used/still use hanzi as their official writing system. We're still working and won't stop till it turns out perfectly

Nnoo/Alua

The isinbidi would be the best
I wish we had our own like the Ethiopians

Curlieweed:



Someone has a project for developing Nsibidi ideograms for the same purpose. Don't you think historically speaking that would be more appropriate?

In any case, there are real practical (even economic reasons) for using the Latin alphabet. 90% of internet content is in Latin script. Isolating yourself from this sea of knowledge, information and communication doesn't sound smart to me. Well over 50% of internet content is written in English. You can't underestimate the economic value of having an English speaking population. This is why country like Holland have actively accepted English as a second language.

Talk about the Asians who don't understand English but are doing better than the Europeans,

There's great respect in having yours, I felt insulted when an ignorant Chinese was telling his fellow Chinese that Africans have only 2 languages,,, English and French

ObaEwuare:

Talk about the Asians who don't understand English but are doing better than the Europeans,

There's great respect in having yours, I felt insulted when an ignorant Chinese was telling his fellow Chinese that Africans have only 2 languages,,, English and French

But he's correct in a way though... The main languages of Afrika are French to West and center and English to the East and South.
And excluding Arabic, Oromo and the Ethiopic languages, every other language is written using Latin, whether it fits it or not.
Another thing that spurred me is the mercantile nature of the Igbo... Most of them go to the Sinophone world to do business, so I thought it'd be good if we could bring up a system that uses Chinese characters to write Igbo. This in my view would enhance understanding and more respect btwn the two groups.
I want a situation where in public notices in Igbo would be both in Latin and Han.... You know a situation where a word has different meanings based on tone,its only the accompanying characters that gives an insight as to what's been inferred there.
These are some of the benefits one can get using duality of systems

cheruv:

But he's correct in a way though... The main languages of Afrika are French to West and center and English to the East and South.
And excluding Arabic, Oromo and the Ethiopic languages, every other language is written using Latin, whether it fits it or not.
Another thing that spurred me is the mercantile nature of the Igbo... Most of them go to the Sinophone world to do business, so I thought it'd be good if we could bring up a system that uses Chinese characters to write Igbo. This in my view would enhance understanding and more respect btwn the two groups.
I want a situation where in public notices in Igbo would be both in Latin and Han.... You know a situation where a word has different meanings based on tone,its only the accompanying characters that gives an insight as to what's been inferred there.
These are some of the benefits one can get using duality of systems

I think nsibidi if developed will be in the same league as the hanzi. all that needs to be done is to critically study and develop more and simpler characters

Now we're going to look at the vocabulary of the language and the corresponding characters for each of the terms. These terminologies would be grouped based on common denominators.
The first group we'd be looking at is that of water bodies

Ŏbaokwu gbasara ŏrŭ a ezuchawala... Ihe anyĭ chŏga bŭ onye mbipŭta ga-enye anyĭ aka bie ya.
Ŏbaokwu a nwere mkpŭrŭedemede 35, ŭdaume 8 na mgbochiume 27.