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Countries

Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland

Total No. Of Countries

47
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National Language

Russia
Germany

Second Language

Afganistan
North Dakota, United States of America

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe
Europe

Minority Language

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia

Regulated By

Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Council for German Orthography

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.
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.

Similar To

Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages

Derived From

Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Albanian Languages

Russian vs German Countries

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

So we find that, total number of countries where Russian is official language is 4 whereas total number of countries where German is official language is 7

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

Russian and German as Minority Language

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

  • Russian as minority language: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.
  • German as minority language: Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia.

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

Russian and German Regulators

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

Russian and German Continents

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

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.

German Interesting Facts:

  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.

The Russian language was derived from Proto-Slavic Vocabulary and is similar to Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages whereas Russian language is similar to Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages and derived from Albanian Languages.