Russian and Cantonese Speaking countries

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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan

Hong Kong, Macau

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

0 46

1.3 National Language

Russia

China, Guangdong

1.4 Second Language

Afganistan

Not spoken in any of the countries

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

Hawaii

1.7 Regulated By

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

Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division

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.

Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.

1.9 Similar To

Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages

Chinese Language

1.10 Derived From

Proto-Slavic Vocabulary

Not Available

Russian vs Cantonese Countries

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

Russian Speaking Countries: Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan.
Cantonese Speaking Countries: Hong Kong, Macau.

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

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

Russian and Cantonese as Minority Language

In Russian and Cantonese speaking countries you will get the countries which have Russian and Cantonese 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.
Cantonese as minority language: Hawaii.

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

Russian and Cantonese Regulators

Russian and Cantonese speaking countries provide you Russian and Cantonese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences regulates Russian language.Cantonese is regulated by Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division. Also get to learn, Russian and Cantonese Language History.

Russian and Cantonese Continents

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

Cantonese Interesting Facts:

Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.

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