Moldovan (also Moldavian; Romanian: limba moldovenească), written in the Latin script, is one of the names of the official language of the Republic of Moldova. The language spoken in Moldova is identical to Romanian, sharing the same literary standard, but for political reasons both names Moldovan and Romanian are used inside the country.
Written in the Moldovan Cyrillic alphabet, Moldovan (лимба молдовеняскэ) is also the name of one of the three...
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Moldovan (also Moldavian; Romanian: limba moldovenească), written in the Latin script, is one of the names of the official language of the Republic of Moldova. The language spoken in Moldova is identical to Romanian, sharing the same literary standard, but for political reasons both names Moldovan and Romanian are used inside the country.
Written in the Moldovan Cyrillic alphabet, Moldovan (лимба молдовеняскэ) is also the name of one of the three official languages of the breakaway territory of Transnistria.
The Constitution of Moldova (Title I, Article 13) states that the Moldovan language is the official language of the country. In the Declaration of Independence of Moldova, the state language is called Romanian. The 1989 Language Law that proclaimed it the state language of Moldova, speaks in the preamble of a "Moldovan-Romanian linguistic identity". After political debate over the issue has inflamed again in the early 2000s, a group of Romanian linguists adopted a resolution...
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