Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Total No. Of Countries
43
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National Language
Russia
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Afganistan
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
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.
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Arabic Language