Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
41
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46
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National Language
Russia
South Africa
Second Language
Afganistan
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
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
Pan South African Language Board
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.
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Xhosa Language
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
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Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Sawubona
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
unjani
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
okuhle ekuseni
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Ngiyacela
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
Ngiyaxolisa
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
bye
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
Uxolo