Countries
Haiti
  
Nigeria
  
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
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Alphabets in
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Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
9.60 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
Haitian Creole and Igbo Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Haitian Creole and Igbo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Haitian Creole and Igbo language. Haitian Creole word for "Hello" is Bonjou or Igbo word for "Thank You" is dalụ. Find more of such common Haitian Creole Greetings and Igbo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Haitian Creole vs Igbo Difficulty
The Haitian Creole vs Igbo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Haitian Creole Alphabets and Igbo Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Haitian Creole and Igbo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Haitian Creole and Igbo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Haitian Creole is 24 weeks while to learn Igbo time required is 52 weeks.