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Dutch and Russian Speaking Countries


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Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
6   
9

National Language
Russia   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Second Language
Afganistan   
South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

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

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   

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.
  
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
German and English Languages   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Not Available   

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Russian and Dutch as Minority Language

In Russian and Dutch speaking countries you will get the countries which have Russian and Dutch 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.
  • Dutch as minority language: France, Germany, Indonesia.

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

Russian and Dutch Regulators

Russian and Dutch speaking countries provide you Russian and Dutch regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences regulates Russian language.Dutch is regulated by Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union). Also get to learn, Russian and Dutch Language History.

Russian and Dutch Continents

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

Russian Interesting Facts:

Dutch Interesting Facts:

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

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