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Igbo and Haitian Creole


Haitian Creole and Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria   
Haiti   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Nigeria   
Haiti   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Central America, North America   

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea   
Cuba   

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

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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".
  

Similar To
Not Available   
French Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
7   
4

How Many Consonants
28   
18
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
kedụ   
Bonjou   

Thank You
dalụ   
Mèsi   

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere   
Kijan ou yé?   

Good Night
ka chi fo   
Bon nwit   

Good Evening
mgbede ọma   
Bonswa   

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma   
Bon apre-midi   

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma   
Bon apre-midi   

Please
Biko   
Souple   

Sorry
Ndo   
Dezole   

Bye
Not Available   
Babay   

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

Excuse Me
ngọpụ   
Eskize m   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani   
Northern Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Cap-Haitien   

Dialect 2
Ngwa   
Central Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Port-au-Prince   

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

Dialect 3
Not present   
Southern Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Cayes   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.15 %   
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
9.60 million   
99+

Native Name
igbo   
Kreyòl ayisyen   

Alternative Names
Ibo   
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole   

French Name
igbo   
haïtien; créole haïtien   

German Name
Ibo-Sprache   
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)   

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]   
[kɣejɔl]   

Ethnicity
Igbo people   
Haitians   

History

Origin
30th Century BC   
17th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Kwa   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo   
Haitian Creole   

Language Position
57   
99+
99   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ig   
ht   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo   
hat   

ISO 639 2/B
ibo   
hat   

ISO 639 3
ibo   
hat   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1417   
hait1244   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAC-cb   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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All Igbo and Haitian Creole 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 Igbo and Haitian Creole dialects. Various dialects of Igbo and Haitian Creole language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Igbo are spoken in different Igbo Speaking Countries whereas Haitian Creole Dialects are spoken in different Haitian Creole speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Igbo vs Haitian Creole Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Igbo dialects include: Enuani, Ngwa. Haitian Creole dialects include: Northern Haitian Creole , Central Haitian Creole. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Igbo and Haitian Creole Speaking population

Igbo and Haitian Creole speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Haitian Creole languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Haitian Creole Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Haitian Creole language is 0.15 %. 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 Igbo and Haitian Creole on Igbo vs Haitian Creole where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Haitian Creole Language Codes

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

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