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Here’s Chibuike written in two ways. 1. Chibuike as chi bu ike. 2. Chibuike how it’s usually pronounced as chi b’ike You can crop out the English explanatory text if you want only the Ndebe script part.

The consonants are laid out in a grid. That’s what you’re looking at in your screenshot. Each consonant is made up of two parts: a stem and a fruit radical. e.g. if you look at the letter L in the grid, to the extreme left, you will see its stem, and at the top, its radical

You’re not completing your consonants. The L in Lo is made up of two parts. And so should look like this before you add a vowel. To add the vowel you need the vowel tone. In this case, we know the O in Lo is a mid tone, because it’s not a low tone yet lower than the A in Ta.

Type in Igbo in Ndebe Script. 🔥 Live at TypeNdebe.com #NdebeScript

It's taken a long time and lots of really hard work to get here, but typing Igbo in Ndebe Script is here! Watch our typing demo on our YouTube channel, and please subscribe to support the Ndebe Project! #NdebeScript youtu.be/tLVDsKZPmxw

To write 114,123 in Ndebe Script, we do this: 114,123 divided by 8000 is 14 remainder 2123 14 goes in the 8k place 2123 divided by 400 is 5 remainder 123 5 goes in the 400 place 123 divided by 20 is 6 remainder 3 6 goes in the 20 place 3 units remain. See the image below

Now for a bigger number. #NdebeScript How do you write 114,123 in Igbo using Ndebe Script? For the last three numbers, we have been dealing with the place values 400, 20, and Units (0-19) Now, as the number is greater than 8000, we have to involve the place value 8000.

As an example, here is how to write the following random numbers in Igbo Base-20 using Ndebe Script. #NdebeScript 1297. 185. 51.

For the following examples, I will focus on just the first 4 place values: 8000, 400, 20, and Units (0 - 19) How are the place values themselves written? By dividing by each place value Below, are examples of different randomly selected numbers, and how to write them in Ndebe

This explains how to write numbers 0 to 19 in Igbo in Ndebe Script using the new #NdebeScript numerals, but how does one write larger numbers like 20 and above? First, since Ndebe caters to Igbo's original Base 20 number system, the Base 20 place values will be used in Ndebe

Again for 15 in the new #NdebeScript numbers 16 is a visual combination of 15 and 1 17 is a visual combination of 15 and 2 18 is a visual combination of 15 and 3 19 is a visual combination of 15 and 4 So it's easy to remember: 15 + 1 = 16 15 + 2 = 17 15 + 3 = 18 15 + 4 = 19

This logic is repeated for the 10 base marker 11 is a visual combination of 10 and 1 12 is a visual combination of 10 and 2 13 is a visual combination of 10 and 3 14 is a visual combination of 10 and 4 So it's easy to remember: 10 + 1 = 11 10 + 2 = 12 10 + 3 = 13 10 + 4 = 14

Here is the full progression for the 5 numeral base marker in Ndebe Script's number system. 5 + 1 = 6 5 + 2 = 7 5 + 3 = 8 5 + 4 = 9 #NdebeScript

The First Point -- VISUAL LOGIC All numbers in Ndebe Script are visually and logically related to each other, and easy to remember 6 is a visual combination of 5 and 1 7 is a visual combination of 5 and 2 8 is a visual combination of 5 and 3 9 is a visual combination of 5 and 4

Next, the #NdebeScript Sub-Base Markers: 5, 10, 15 These are also unique. 5 is a progression from 0, while 10 and 15 have the same body stem as 5 to show that they are all base markers, but different heads to differentiate themselves. So what is the point of all this?

The design of the #NdebeScript number system is important because each number gives visual clues about the other numbers it is related to. First the unique Sub-Base units: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 2 is a progression from 1 3 is a progression from 2 4 is a progression from 3

I’m in love with the new #NdebeScript numbers. 1. They make logical sense, and are thus easy to remember 2. You can write them RAPIDLY. 3. The design involves very few pen lifts and produces less hand fatigue when writing.

Let's talk about the complete overhaul of the Ndebe Script number system. #NdebeScript First of all thank you to @eldivine for his immediate commentary that the number system needed work. I realised the numbers didn’t really match the goals of the rest of the script.

Thank you ☺️