Moldova
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Moldovan, the official language, is considered a dialect of Romanian rather than a separate language. It is derived from Latin but, unlike the other Romance languages, preserved the neuter gender and a system of three cases. There are a large number of Slavonic-derived words. Under Soviet rule the language was written in the Cyrillic alphabet, but Roman script was restored in 1989. Russian and Gagauz, a Turkish dialect, are also spoken.
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Florin Guma
Jul 21, 2008 @ 4:16 pm
Moldovan is only a dialect, like Muntean or Ardelean etc. The biggest part of Moldova is on the "Romanian" side, the smaller one called Basarabia represents most of the territory of "Moldova". Moldova and Valachia decided to unite in order to form the romanian State, which means that there is no Romania without Moldova and that they speak the same language: Romanian. The Republic of Moldova is an artificial State being kept alive by the russian interests in that area; even after condamning the Ribbentrop-Molotov treaty, Basarabia and the two territories north and south of it are still not back to Romania.
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