Russian and Swahili Speaking countries
Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
Russia
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Afganistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
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
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Arabic Language
Russian and Swahili as Minority Language
In Russian and Swahili speaking countries you will get the countries which have Russian and Swahili 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.
- Swahili as minority language: Not spoken in any of the countries.
If you want to compare Russian and Swahili dialects, then you can go to Russian vs Swahili Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.
Russian and Swahili Regulators
Russian and Swahili speaking countries provide you Russian and Swahili regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences regulates Russian language.Swahili is regulated by Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya). Also get to learn, Russian and Swahili Language History.
Russian and Swahili Continents
Thinking about Russian and Swahili continents in which Russian and Swahili speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Russian and Swahili. Most of the Russian speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe. While Swahili 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 Swahili 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.
Swahili Interesting Facts:
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
The Russian language was derived from Proto-Slavic Vocabulary and is similar to Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages whereas Russian language is similar to Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages and derived from Arabic Language.