Russian and Oriya as Minority Language
In Russian and Oriya speaking countries you will get the countries which have Russian and Oriya 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.
- Oriya as minority language: Not spoken in any of the countries.
If you want to compare Russian and Oriya dialects, then you can go to Russian vs Oriya Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.
Russian and Oriya Regulators
Russian and Oriya speaking countries provide you Russian and Oriya regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences regulates Russian language.Oriya is not regulated. Also get to learn, Russian and Oriya Language History.
Russian and Oriya Continents
Thinking about Russian and Oriya continents in which Russian and Oriya speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Russian and Oriya. Most of the Russian speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe. While Oriya 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 Oriya 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.
Oriya Interesting Facts:
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
The Russian language was derived from Proto-Slavic Vocabulary and is similar to Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages whereas Russian language is similar to Bengali and Assamese and derived from Sanskrit Language.