Russian Speaking Countries

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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

Rank: 11 (Overall) ▶

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1.3 National Language

Russia

1.4 Second Language

Afganistan

1.5 Speaking Continents

Asia, 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

1.7 Regulated By

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

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.

1.9 Similar To

Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages

1.10 Derived From

Proto-Slavic Vocabulary

Russian Countries

Russian is one of the important languages. Russian countries are the countries where Russian is used for interaction between citizens and government officials. Russian countries are the countries where Russian is main language. In Russian countries, all the official documents are written in Russian language. In Russian speaking countries, various Russian Dialects are spoken. Each Russian dialect has it's own pronunciations and words, as a result of these differences, sometimes communication problems arise between speakers from different Russian speaking countries. Check out detailed information About Russian Language.

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Russian national language and Russian as a Second Language

Russian speaking countries include both countries with Russian national language and Russian as a second language. Check if Russian language is one of the Most Spoken Languages.

Russian is national language of Russia.

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Second Language is a non-native language of the speaker, but used in the locality of that person.

Russian is second language of Afganistan.

The Russian countries mentioned under Russian Speaking countries are the countries where majority of people speak Russian language.

Russian as minority language

Countries with Russian as minority language are also included in Russian speaking countries.

Russian is spoken as minority language in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.

Along with Russian speaking countries check out Russian speaking population. The language spoken by minority of the population of a territory is called minority language.

Continent wise Russian speaking countries mainly lie in Asia, Europe.

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Russian Regulator and Facts

Many world languages have one or more language regulators. The bodies that regulate standard languages are usually called language academies. Official organizations that regulate Russian language are Russian regulators. Russian is regulated by Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The regulatory bodies of Russian lie in Russian speaking countries. Some of the interesting facts of Russian:

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.

The Russian language is derived from Proto-Slavic Vocabulary and is closely related to Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages.