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Igbo vs Haitian Creole


Haitian Creole vs 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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Igbo and Haitian Creole Language History

Comparison of Igbo vs Haitian Creole language history gives us differences between origin of Igbo and Haitian Creole language. History of Igbo language states that this language originated in 30th Century BC whereas history of Haitian Creole language states that this language originated in 17th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Igbo and Haitian Creole Language History.

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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.

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