Development Of A Web Based System For Automatic Conversion Of English Numerals To Igala Numerals

Many indigenous African languages including Igala possess distinct numeral system that is grossly underrepresented in contemporary computational technologies. This study focuses on the development of a computational model for automatic conversion of English numerals to their corresponding Igala numerals. The objectives of the study includes: digital inclusivity, language preservation and advancing research in computational linguistics. A rule based approach was deployed to capture the structural and morphological features of Igala language. The research methodology involved detailed analysis of the rules for the construction of Igala numerals, system design and implementation, testing and evaluation across a wide range of numeric values. The model was implemented using PHP, a server side scripting language, HTML, CSS as client side scripting languages and MYSQL database as backend. The model was tested on 10,000 randomly generated English numbers. Evaluation results showed that 99.6% accuracy was achieved, a clear indication that the system effectively converts English numerals to correct Igala numeral forms with high accuracy