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Zulu and Russian Speaking countries


Russian and Zulu Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
South Africa   
Russia   

Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   
Afganistan   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board   
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   

Interesting Facts
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language   
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   

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Zulu and Russian as Minority Language

In Zulu and Russian speaking countries you will get the countries which have Zulu and Russian as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

  • Zulu as minority language: Not spoken in any of the countries.
  • Russian as minority language: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.

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

Zulu and Russian Regulators

Zulu and Russian speaking countries provide you Zulu and Russian regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Pan South African Language Board regulates Zulu language.Russian is regulated by Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Also get to learn, Zulu and Russian Language History.

Zulu and Russian Continents

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

Zulu Interesting Facts:

Russian Interesting Facts:

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

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