Russian and Chinese Speaking countries

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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan

China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

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1.3 National Language

Russia

China, Taiwan

1.4 Second Language

Afganistan

Republic of Brazil

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

Indonesia, Malaysia

1.7 Regulated By

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

Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council

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.

Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.

1.9 Similar To

Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages

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1.10 Derived From

Proto-Slavic Vocabulary

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Russian vs Chinese Countries

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

Russian Speaking Countries: Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan.
Chinese Speaking Countries: China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan.

So we find that, total number of countries where Russian is official language is 4 whereas total number of countries where Chinese is official language is 5

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

Russian and Chinese as Minority Language

In Russian and Chinese speaking countries you will get the countries which have Russian and Chinese 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.
Chinese as minority language: Indonesia, Malaysia.

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

Russian and Chinese Regulators

Russian and Chinese speaking countries provide you Russian and Chinese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences regulates Russian language.Chinese is regulated by Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council. Also get to learn, Russian and Chinese Language History.

Russian and Chinese Continents

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

Chinese Interesting Facts:

Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.

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