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Russian and German Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
4  
11

National Language
Germany  
Russia  

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America  
Afganistan  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography  
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Albanian Languages  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  

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German and Russian as Minority Language

In German and Russian speaking countries you will get the countries which have German and Russian as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

  • German as minority language: Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia.
  • Russian as minority language: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.

If you want to compare German and Russian dialects, then you can go to German vs Russian Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

German and Russian Regulators

German and Russian speaking countries provide you German and Russian regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Council for German Orthography regulates German language.Russian is regulated by Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Also get to learn, German and Russian Language History.

German and Russian Continents

Thinking about German and Russian continents in which German and Russian speaking countries are present. Check out more information on German and Russian. Most of the German speaking countries lie in Europe. While Russian speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of German and Russian languages:

German Interesting Facts:

Russian Interesting Facts:

The German language was derived from Albanian Languages and is similar to Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages whereas German language is similar to Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages and derived from Proto-Slavic Vocabulary.

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