Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
Total No. Of Countries
45
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National Language
Russia
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
Second Language
Afganistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
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.
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Norwegian and Swedish
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Old Norse Language