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Russian and Finnish Speaking countries


Finnish and Russian Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
European Union, Finland   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

National Language
Russia   
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Estonia   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Institute for the Languages of Finland   

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.
  
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Estonian and Livonian Languages   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Not Available   

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Russian and Finnish as Minority Language

In Russian and Finnish speaking countries you will get the countries which have Russian and Finnish 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.
  • Finnish as minority language: Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden.

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

Russian and Finnish Regulators

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

Russian and Finnish Continents

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

Russian Interesting Facts:

Finnish 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 Estonian and Livonian Languages and derived from Not Available.

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