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Haitian Creole and Igbo


Igbo and Haitian Creole


Countries

Countries
Haiti   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Haiti   
Nigeria   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Central America, North America   
Africa   

Minority Language
Cuba   
Equatorial Guinea   

Regulated By
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)   
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   

Interesting Facts
  • In the year 1940, the first technical orthography for Haitian Creole was developed.
  • In Haiian Creole, the word 'creole' is of Latin origin via a Portuguese term that means, "person raised in one's house".
  
  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  

Similar To
French Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
HaitianCreole-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
8   
5

How Many Consonants
20   
10
28   
18

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
Bonjou   
kedụ   

Thank You
Mèsi   
dalụ   

How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?   
kedụ ka ịmere   

Good Night
Bon nwit   
ka chi fo   

Good Evening
Bonswa   
mgbede ọma   

Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi   
ehihie ọma   

Good Morning
Bon apre-midi   
ụtụtụ ọma   

Please
Souple   
Biko   

Sorry
Dezole   
Ndo   

Bye
Babay   
Not Available   

I Love You
Mwen renmen w   
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   

Excuse Me
Eskize m   
ngọpụ   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole   
Enuani   

Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien   
Nigeria   

Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole   
Ngwa   

Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,500,000.00   
22

Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Cayes   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.60 million   
99+
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
0.15 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
9.60 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen   
igbo   

Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole   
Ibo   

French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien   
igbo   

German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)   
Ibo-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]   
[iɡ͡boː]   

Ethnicity
Haitians   
Igbo people   

History

Origin
17th Century   
30th Century BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Kwa   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Haitian Creole   
Standard Igbo   

Language Position
99   
99+
57   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ht   
ig   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hat   
ibo   

ISO 639 2/B
hat   
ibo   

ISO 639 3
hat   
ibo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
hait1244   
nucl1417   

Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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All Haitian Creole and Igbo Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Haitian Creole and Igbo dialects. Various dialects of Haitian Creole and Igbo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Haitian Creole are spoken in different Haitian Creole Speaking Countries whereas Igbo Dialects are spoken in different Igbo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Haitian Creole vs Igbo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Haitian Creole dialects include: Northern Haitian Creole, Central Haitian Creole. Igbo dialects include: Enuani , Ngwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Haitian Creole and Igbo Speaking population

Haitian Creole and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Haitian Creole and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Haitian Creole and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Haitian Creole language is 0.15 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Haitian Creole and Igbo on Haitian Creole vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Haitian Creole and Igbo Language Codes

Haitian Creole and Igbo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Haitian Creole and Igbo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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