Russian and Persian Speaking countries

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1.1 Countries

Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan

Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

0 46

1.3 National Language

Russia

Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

1.4 Second Language

Afganistan

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

1.5 Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe

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

Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

1.7 Regulated By

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

Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan

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 Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.

1.9 Similar To

Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages

Pashto and Balochi Languages

1.10 Derived From

Proto-Slavic Vocabulary

Arabic Language

Russian vs Persian Countries

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

Russian Speaking Countries: Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan.
Persian Speaking Countries: Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan.

So we find that, total number of countries where Russian is official language is 4 whereas total number of countries where Persian is official language is 3

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

Russian and Persian as Minority Language

In Russian and Persian speaking countries you will get the countries which have Russian and Persian 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.
Persian as minority language: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates.

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

Russian and Persian Regulators

Russian and Persian speaking countries provide you Russian and Persian regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences regulates Russian language.Persian is regulated by Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan. Also get to learn, Russian and Persian Language History.

Russian and Persian Continents

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

Persian Interesting Facts:

In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.

The Russian language was derived from Proto-Slavic Vocabulary and is similar to Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages whereas Russian language is similar to Pashto and Balochi Languages and derived from Arabic Language.