Russian and Japanese Speaking countries

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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan

Japan

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

0 46

1.3 National Language

Russia

Japan

1.4 Second Language

Afganistan

Not spoken in any of the countries

1.5 Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe

Asia, Pacific

1.6 Minority Language

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

Palau

1.7 Regulated By

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

Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education

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.

In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.

1.9 Similar To

Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages

Korean Language

1.10 Derived From

Proto-Slavic Vocabulary

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Russian vs Japanese Countries

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

Russian Speaking Countries: Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan.
Japanese Speaking Countries: Japan.

So we find that, total number of countries where Russian is official language is 4 whereas total number of countries where Japanese is official language is 1

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

Russian and Japanese as Minority Language

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

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

Russian and Japanese Regulators

Russian and Japanese speaking countries provide you Russian and Japanese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences regulates Russian language.Japanese is regulated by Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education. Also get to learn, Russian and Japanese Language History.

Russian and Japanese Continents

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

Japanese Interesting Facts:

In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.

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