Russian and Slovak Speaking countries
Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
National Language
Russia
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Second Language
Afganistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
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.
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Czech Language
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Czech-Slovak Language
Russian and Slovak as Minority Language
In Russian and Slovak speaking countries you will get the countries which have Russian and Slovak 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.
- Slovak as minority language: Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine.
If you want to compare Russian and Slovak dialects, then you can go to Russian vs Slovak Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.
Russian and Slovak Regulators
Russian and Slovak speaking countries provide you Russian and Slovak regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences regulates Russian language.Slovak is regulated by Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic. Also get to learn, Russian and Slovak Language History.
Russian and Slovak Continents
Thinking about Russian and Slovak continents in which Russian and Slovak speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Russian and Slovak. Most of the Russian speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe. While Slovak speaking countries lie in 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 Slovak 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.
Slovak Interesting Facts:
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
The Russian language was derived from Proto-Slavic Vocabulary and is similar to Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages whereas Russian language is similar to Czech Language and derived from Czech-Slovak Language.