Russian and Swahili Speaking countries

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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan

African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

0 46

1.3 National Language

Russia

Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania

1.4 Second Language

Afganistan

Not spoken in any of the countries

1.5 Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe

Africa

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

Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)

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.

Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.

1.9 Similar To

Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages

Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages

1.10 Derived From

Proto-Slavic Vocabulary

Arabic Language

Russian vs Swahili Countries

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

Russian Speaking Countries: Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan.
Swahili Speaking Countries: African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya.

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

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

Russian and Swahili as Minority Language

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

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

Russian and Swahili Regulators

Russian and Swahili speaking countries provide you Russian and Swahili regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences regulates Russian language.Swahili is regulated by Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya). Also get to learn, Russian and Swahili Language History.

Russian and Swahili Continents

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

Swahili Interesting Facts:

Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.

The Russian language was derived from Proto-Slavic Vocabulary and is similar to Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages whereas Russian language is similar to Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages and derived from Arabic Language.