About Russian Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Russian is a popular East Slavic language. It is widely spoken in Russia and Eastern Europe. This is a part of the Indo-European language family and is among the four living East Slavic languages. Russian is the official language of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. Interestingly widely spoken in Ukraine, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and many other Baltic states. Russian is spoken by over 258 million speakers all over the world. It is written in the Cyrillic script. You can easily distinguish between consonant phonemes with palatal articulation. It has a combination of soft and hard sounds. This distinction is a prominent feature of Russian. Another aspect is the reduction of vowels that are not stressed. Some homographic words include замо́к (zamók – a 'lock') and за́мок (zámok – a 'castle'). You may not be able to indicate the pronunciation of uncommon words.
About Tajik Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Tajik is a form of Persian that is spoken in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, and Kazakhstan. The total number of Tajik speakers is 8 million that including 6.3 million in Tajikistan itself. You will be surprised to know that the Persian language in Tajikistan was renamed Tajik by Stalin in 1932. This was done to differentiate Persian speakers in Iran and Central Asia. Before 1928 Tajik was written in Perso-Arabic script. However, from 1928 to 1940 it was modified with the Cyrillic alphabet. There were a lot of people who wanted to switch it to the Latin alphabet. The Tajik dialects are separated into northern, central, southern, and Southeastern dialects. Most of the politicians and other officials usually make their speeches in the Kulob dialect. There is a total of six vowels in this language.
