Countries
Nigeria
  
Haiti
  
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
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French Language
  
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
HaitianCreole-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
9.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
Igbo and Haitian Creole 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 Igbo and Haitian Creole greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Igbo and Haitian Creole language. Igbo word for "Hello" is kedụ or Haitian Creole word for "Thank You" is Mèsi. Find more of such common Igbo Greetings and Haitian Creole Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Igbo vs Haitian Creole Difficulty
The Igbo vs Haitian Creole difficulty level basically depends on the number of Igbo Alphabets and Haitian Creole 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 Igbo and Haitian Creole are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Igbo and Haitian Creole, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Igbo is 52 weeks while to learn Haitian Creole time required is 24 weeks.