Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Benin, Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
42
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46
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National Language
Russia
Nigeria
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
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Yoruba Academy
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 largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
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