Russian and Ukrainian Speaking countries

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Ukrainian

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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan

Ukraine

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

0 46

1.3 National Language

Russia

Ukraine

1.4 Second Language

Afganistan

Not spoken in any of the countries

1.5 Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe

Europe

1.6 Minority Language

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia

1.7 Regulated By

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

National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language

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.

Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.

1.9 Similar To

Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages

Russian and Belarusian Languages

1.10 Derived From

Proto-Slavic Vocabulary

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Russian vs Ukrainian Countries

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

Russian Speaking Countries: Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan.
Ukrainian Speaking Countries: Ukraine.

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

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

Russian and Ukrainian as Minority Language

In Russian and Ukrainian speaking countries you will get the countries which have Russian and Ukrainian 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.
Ukrainian as minority language: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia.

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

Russian and Ukrainian Regulators

Russian and Ukrainian speaking countries provide you Russian and Ukrainian regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences regulates Russian language.Ukrainian is regulated by National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language. Also get to learn, Russian and Ukrainian Language History.

Russian and Ukrainian Continents

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

Ukrainian Interesting Facts:

Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.

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