Estonian and Russian Speaking countries

Estonian

Russian

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Countries

Estonia, European Union

Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan

Total No. Of Countries

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National Language

Estonia, Gambia

Russia

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

Afganistan

Speaking Continents

Europe

Asia, Europe

Minority Language

Denmark, Russia, Sweden

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

Regulated By

Institute of the Estonian Language

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

Interesting Facts

Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.

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

Finnish

Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages

Derived From

Proto-Slavic Vocabulary

Estonian vs Russian Countries

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

Estonian Speaking Countries: Estonia, European Union.
Russian Speaking Countries: Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan.

So we find that, total number of countries where Estonian is official language is 2 whereas total number of countries where Russian is official language is 4

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

Estonian and Russian as Minority Language

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

Estonian as minority language: Denmark, Russia, Sweden.
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 Estonian and Russian dialects, then you can go to Estonian vs Russian Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Estonian and Russian Regulators

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

Estonian and Russian Continents

Thinking about Estonian and Russian continents in which Estonian and Russian speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Estonian and Russian. Most of the Estonian speaking countries lie in Europe. 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 Estonian and Russian languages:

Estonian Interesting Facts:

Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.

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.

The Estonian language was derived from and is similar to Finnish whereas Estonian language is similar to Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages and derived from Proto-Slavic Vocabulary.