Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
National Language
France
Russia
Second Language
Africa, Canada
Afganistan
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
- 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
Italian Language
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
Latin
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
French and Russian as Minority Language
In French and Russian speaking countries you will get the countries which have French and Russian as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.
- French as minority language: Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam.
- 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 French and Russian dialects, then you can go to French vs Russian Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.
French and Russian Regulators
French and Russian speaking countries provide you French and Russian regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française regulates French language.Russian is regulated by Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Also get to learn, French and Russian Language History.
French and Russian Continents
Thinking about French and Russian continents in which French and Russian speaking countries are present. Check out more information on French and Russian. Most of the French speaking countries lie in Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America. 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 French and Russian languages:
French Interesting Facts:
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
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 French language was derived from Latin and is similar to Italian Language whereas French language is similar to Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages and derived from Proto-Slavic Vocabulary.