Indonesian and Russian as Minority Language
In Indonesian and Russian speaking countries you will get the countries which have Indonesian and Russian as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.
- Indonesian as minority language: Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands.
- 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 Indonesian and Russian dialects, then you can go to Indonesian vs Russian Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.
Indonesian and Russian Regulators
Indonesian and Russian speaking countries provide you Indonesian and Russian regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa regulates Indonesian language.Russian is regulated by Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Also get to learn, Indonesian and Russian Language History.
Indonesian and Russian Continents
Thinking about Indonesian and Russian continents in which Indonesian and Russian speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Indonesian and Russian. Most of the Indonesian speaking countries lie in Asia. 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 Indonesian and Russian languages:
Indonesian Interesting Facts:
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
Russian Interesting Facts:
- 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.
The Indonesian language was derived from Malay and Dutch Languages and is similar to Malay language whereas Indonesian language is similar to Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages and derived from Proto-Slavic Vocabulary.