Russian

Shona

Russian and Shona Speaking countries

Russian

Shona

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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan

Zimbabwe

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

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1.3 National Language

Russia

Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe

1.4 Second Language

Afganistan

Not spoken in any of the countries

1.5 Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe

Africa

1.6 Minority Language

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

Not spoken in any of the countries

1.7 Regulated By

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

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1.8 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.

Shona language is tonal language.
The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.

1.9 Similar To

Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages

Kalanga and Nambya Language

1.10 Derived From

Proto-Slavic Vocabulary

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Russian vs Shona Countries

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

Russian Speaking Countries: Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan.
Shona Speaking Countries: Zimbabwe.

So we find that, total number of countries where Russian is official language is 4 whereas total number of countries where Shona is official language is 1

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

Russian and Shona as Minority Language

In Russian and Shona speaking countries you will get the countries which have Russian and Shona 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.
Shona as minority language: Not spoken in any of the countries.

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

Russian and Shona Regulators

Russian and Shona speaking countries provide you Russian and Shona regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences regulates Russian language.Shona is not regulated. Also get to learn, Russian and Shona Language History.

Russian and Shona Continents

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

Shona Interesting Facts:

Shona language is tonal language.
The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.

The Russian language was derived from Proto-Slavic Vocabulary and is similar to Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages whereas Russian language is similar to Kalanga and Nambya Language and derived from Not Available.