Russian and Kirundi Speaking countries

Russian

Kirundi

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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan

Burma

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

0 46

1.3 National Language

Russia

Burundi, Gambia

1.4 Second Language

Afganistan

Not spoken in any of the countries

1.5 Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe

Africa, 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

Not spoken in any of the countries

1.7 Regulated By

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

Not Available

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.

Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.

1.9 Similar To

Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages

Kinyarwanda Language

1.10 Derived From

Proto-Slavic Vocabulary

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Russian vs Kirundi Countries

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

Russian Speaking Countries: Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan.
Kirundi Speaking Countries: Burma.

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

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

Russian and Kirundi as Minority Language

In Russian and Kirundi speaking countries you will get the countries which have Russian and Kirundi 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.
Kirundi as minority language: Not spoken in any of the countries.

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

Russian and Kirundi Regulators

Russian and Kirundi speaking countries provide you Russian and Kirundi regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences regulates Russian language.Kirundi is not regulated. Also get to learn, Russian and Kirundi Language History.

Russian and Kirundi Continents

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

Kirundi Interesting Facts:

Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.

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