Russian and Belarusian Speaking countries

Russian

Belarusian

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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan

Belarus, Poland

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

0 46

1.3 National Language

Russia

Belarus, Gambia

1.4 Second Language

Afganistan

Poland

1.5 Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe

Asia

1.6 Minority Language

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine

1.7 Regulated By

Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee

1.8 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.

Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.

1.9 Similar To

Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages

Russian and Ukrainian

1.10 Derived From

Proto-Slavic Vocabulary

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Russian vs Belarusian Countries

Comparing Russian vs Belarusian countries gives you idea about number of countries that speak Russian and Belarusian languages.

Russian Speaking Countries: Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan.
Belarusian Speaking Countries: Belarus, Poland.

So we find that, total number of countries where Russian is official language is 4 whereas total number of countries where Belarusian is official language is 2

Find if Russian and Belarusian are Most Spoken Languages. Comparison of Russian and Belarusian speaking countries will give you the presence of Russian and Belarusian languages in different countries. Along with Russian vs Belarusian countries, you can also compare Russian vs Belarusian.

Russian and Belarusian as Minority Language

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

Russian as minority language: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.
Belarusian as minority language: Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine.

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

Russian and Belarusian Regulators

Russian and Belarusian speaking countries provide you Russian and Belarusian regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences regulates Russian language.Belarusian is regulated by National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee. Also get to learn, Russian and Belarusian Language History.

Russian and Belarusian Continents

Thinking about Russian and Belarusian continents in which Russian and Belarusian speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Russian and Belarusian. Most of the Russian speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe. While Belarusian speaking countries lie in Asia. 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 Russian and Belarusian languages:

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.

Belarusian Interesting Facts:

Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.

The Russian language was derived from Proto-Slavic Vocabulary and is similar to Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages whereas Russian language is similar to Russian and Ukrainian and derived from Not Available.