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	Moldovan language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Moldovan is the official name for the Romanian language in the Republic of Moldova and in the territory of Transnistria.
		The Constitution of Moldova declares that the Moldovan language is the official language of the state.
		Title I, Article 13 of the Moldovan Constitution, names it "the national language of the country" (the original Moldovan/Romanian uses the term limba de stat, which literally means the language of the state, thus avoiding the term national, whose sense is that of ethnicity).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Moldovan_language (1069 words)

	Romanian language at AllExperts
		The introduction of the law concerning the functioning of the languages (September 1989), still effective in Moldova according to the Constitution [2], asserts the linguistic identity between the Romanian language and the Moldovan language.
		Romanian is a Romance language, belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European language family, having much in common with languages such as French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.
		The Dacian language was an Indo-European language spoken by the ancient Dacians.
	en.allexperts.com /e/r/ro/romanian_language.htm (4726 words)

	Moldovan Translation Services - Translators English/Moldavian
		Moldovan is widely considered to be little more than the Romanian language renamed for political purposes.
		Moldovan is spoken by about 3.5 million in Moldova and is estimated to the maternal language of about 3 million of these speakers.
		Later, it was renamed Moldovan in an effort to sever all ties with Romania after the Soviet Union took control and used the language issue to justify the occupation on nationalistic grounds.
	www.greentranslations.com /moldovan-translation.html (238 words)

	World congress on language policies
		The Moldovans (Romanian-speaking population) are the majority with 65% of the population; the next biggest group are Ukrainians at 13.8%, followed by 13% Russians.
		Thus, the Moldovan language was declared the State language to be used in the political, economic, social and cultural sector.
		The Law on the Functioning of Languages (1989), considered in relation to international legal standards, was tolerable to those unfamiliar with the language of the majority, and encouraged the representatives of the national minorities to learn the official language during a transition period up to 3-7 years.
	www.linguapax.org /congres/taller/taller3/article15_ang.html (4625 words)

	World congress on language policies
		Other languages, as well as foreign languages and those, which are mother tongue for minority national groups in the Republic of Moldova, in some schools are studied as separate school subjects, in several schools a number of subjects are taught in them, i.e.
		Moldovan is a required school subject in all the classes, though finding qualified teachers who wish to live and work in Gagauzia has been a problem for educational leaders.
		State language must be the second one for study because it is one of the main conditions of integrating a person in socio-political, economic and cultural life of the republic.
	www.linguapax.org /congres/taller/taller3/article23_ang.html (2389 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Moldovan language
		Moldovan may be written in either the Latin alphabet (currently official in the Republic of Moldova) or in the Cyrillic alphabet (official in the unrecognized state of Transnistria and formerly in the Moldavian SSR until 1989).
		The history of the Moldovan (Romanian) language in Moldova is closely tied to the region's political status, with long periods of occupation by Russia and the Soviet Union influencing the language's name and orthography.
		The 1989 law on language of the Moldavian SSR, which is still effective in Moldova according to the Constitution, asserts the real existence of "linguistic Moldo-Romanian identity".
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Moldovan_language (897 words)

	Moldova Azi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In accordance with the Law on the functioning of languages on the territory of the Republic of Moldova (1989) only public officials are obliged to communicate with citizens in all official languages, while the rest of the population is free to choose which language to speak.
		Moldovan Language - lack of respect for an individual The Moldovanism vision, promoted by the Concept denies one of the fundamental values of modern democracy - respect for an individual - by reducing individual chances and opportunities.
		Another risk of using "Moldovan language" would be supporting linguistic incorrectness, especially among the young generation, as one of the priorities of the Concept in the domain education is: "educating young generation in the spirit of respect for Moldovan language, culture and history as national spiritual base of their homeland".
	www.azi.md /news?ID=25759 (2800 words)

	Romanian_language information. LANGUAGE SCHOOL EXPLORER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		According to the Constitution of Romania of 1991, as revised in 2003, Romanian is the official language of the Republic.
		The languages of the "Balkan linguistic union" belong to distinct branches of the Indo-European language family: Bulgarian and Albanian, and in some cases Greek and Serbian.
		The introduction of the law concerning the functioning of the languages (September 1989), still effective in Moldova according to the Constitution [1], asserts the linguistic identity between the Romanian language and the Moldovan language.
	www.school-explorer.com /Romenian (5088 words)

	History of the Moldovan language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The history of the Moldovan language refers to the history of the Romanian language in the historical and political regions of Moldova and Transnistria, where it is officially called "Moldovan language".
		The period from 1905 to 1917 was one of increasing linguistic conflict, with the re-awakening of Romanian national consciousness.
		In 2002, the government of Moldova attempted to make the Russian language co-official, along with Moldovan, as Russian was the mother tongue of a significant proportion of the population.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_the_Moldovan_language (2477 words)

	AllRefer.com - Moldova - Language, Religion, And Culture - Language \| Moldovan Information Resource
		The Moldovan dialect of Romanian, spoken by the majority of the people of Bessarabia, was viewed by both the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union as an impediment to controlling the local populace.
		In 1979 Russian was claimed as a native language by a large proportion of Jews (66 percent) and ethnic Belarusians (62 percent) and by a significant proportion of ethnic Ukrainians (30 percent).
		Russian was claimed as a second language by a sizable proportion of all the nationalities: Romanians (46 percent), Ukrainians (43 percent), Gagauz (68 percent), Jews (30 percent), Bulgarians (67 percent), Belarusians (34 percent), Germans (53 percent), Roma (36 percent), and Poles (24 percent).
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/moldova/moldova27.html (703 words)

	MINELRES: U.S. English Foundation Official Language Research: Languages Issues in Moldova
		"Moldovan", as it was then called, was officially decreed during the Soviet era to be a different language from Romanian, which is written in the Latin alphabet.
		The decision of the Moldovan Government from June 12, 2002 to forbid the form “the Romanian language and literature” in official acts and to replace it by “the Moldovan language and literature” has caused many protests.
		Moldovan permits are necessary for Dnestr because it is not recognized as a state by any government and therefore it cannot trade.
	lists.delfi.lv /pipermail/minelres/2005-May/004000.html (1714 words)

	languagehat.com: MOLDOVAN/ROMANIAN.
		Then, in 1994, three years after gaining independence, the country's second freely elected parliament stated that the state language was "Moldovan." The word "Romanian" was subsequently removed from the name of the holiday.
		Since the linguistic battle over the nature of Moldovan Romanian began in 1994, numerous international conferences, symposia, and workshops have demonstrated that, linguistically, there is no distinctly Moldovan language.
		Thus I believe it was Soviet social engineering that began the concept that there is an Moldovan language and identity distinctly independent from the Romanian language and identity.
	www.languagehat.com /archives/001538.php (2292 words)

	Ethnic Minorities in Eastern Europe Today
		Moldovan nationalists deeply resented the Russia speakers because of the long history of Russian domination.
		This provoked Moldovan nationalists to stage a march to raise the flag themselves.
		The Moldovans: Romania, Russia, and the Politics of Culture by Charles King.
	www.crf-usa.org /bria/bria19_1c.htm (1894 words)

	East European Constitutional Review
		The elevation of Russian to the status of an official language was one of MCP's key electoral promises.
		It makes the study of Moldovan language, literature, and history compulsory at all levels and establishes that the names of localities, streets, institutions, and public authorities be written in both Moldovan and Russian, as well as in the language of the local majority population in autonomous regions.
		On February 8, the Moldovan government backed down and suspended the ban two weeks earlier than it originally had intended, stating that it was doing so to allow CDPP to campaign for the local elections, which parliament voted (on February 5) to hold early, on April 5.
	www.law.nyu.edu /eecr/vol11num1_2/constitutionwatch/moldova.html (2796 words)

	MINELRES - MOLDOVA FCNM Shadow Report, July 2000
		Functioning of languages on the territory of the republic of Moldova is established by an organic law' (Limba de stat, functionarea celerlalte limbi.
		The official fake of three languages having the status of official languages (Moldovan, Ukranian, Russian) is reduced in practice to the “traditional” use of Russian on the basis of decision of the respective administrative body or the Government.
		Language of law enforcement in DMR is done in one of the official languages (Moldovan, Russian, Ukranian) or in a language of majority of the people in the locality.
	www.minelres.lv /reports/Moldova_NGO.htm (15919 words)

	langid4
		The country's constitution designates "Moldovan" as the sole state language, although most scholars consider the language traditionally spoken in the country to be a dialect of Romanian.
		There is a perception among the non-Kyrgyz, and particularly the Russians, that their inability to speak the state language provides the Kyrgyz with an excuse to fill top-level positions with their own ethnic brethren; to some extent, that is what has happened.
		The few remaining proponents of the Russian language in the region have noted a slight rebound from the early 1990s, when Russian was hurriedly shoved to the background.
	faculty.ed.umuc.edu /~jmatthew/articles/langid4.html (4363 words)

	Moldovan language, alphabet and pronunciation
		There is much debate about whether Moldovan is a dialect of Romanian, or a separate language.
		As far as linguists are concerned, Moldovan and Romanian are the same, or are closely-related, mutually intelligible dialects of the same language.
		Until 1989 Moldovan was written with the Cyrillic alphabet.
	www.omniglot.com /writing/moldovan.htm (241 words)

	Permanent Council - Transdniestrians step up "linguistic cleansing" with orders to empty Moldovan-language school
		CHISINAU, 20 July 2004 - The crisis continues to deepen in the campaign against Moldovan schools teaching the state language in Latin script in the breakaway region of Transdniestria.
		An estimated 50 parents, teachers, schoolchildren and Moldovan police have maintained a protective vigil in Benderi School No. 19 since the forced closure of a sister school in Tiraspol last week.
		"The actions taken by Transdniestrian militia against the Moldovan school in Benderi are unjustified and have the potential to destabilise the situation in the region", says William Hill, Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova.
	www.osce.org /pc/item_1_8453.html?print=1 (399 words)

	Moldovan translation by Modovan translator - Immigration service
		Your Moldovan translation is carefully monitored to ensure that deadlines are always met and that the texts are free from any error.
		Bilingual, native Moldovan translators use the style and local expressions to make the text read naturally and effortlessly.
		Multiple competent Moldovan translators are assigned when translating your large projects with tight deadlines.
	www.online-languagetranslators.com /moldovan.htm (409 words)

	Moldovan Student Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		However, after awhile the understanding of the cultural component of PST will sink in and you will realize that no matter how much the Romanian and Moldavian cultures and languages share there is a difference.
		I have found that there are two general opinions about this subject for the average Moldovan.
		So, as you begin to learn from your Moldovan hosts and colleagues (and students), pay attention to how they speak as well as what they are saying, it may give you just the edge to adjust to life and work in Moldova.
	www.ournet.md /~ejn/0024.html (175 words)

	Amazon.com: Lost Province: Adventures in a Moldovan Family: Books: Stephen Henighan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Stephen Henighan, a Romanian grammar book and hours of language tapes under his belt, billets with a family as an English teacher in Moldova, a country born from the dismantling of Romania during World War II.
		His take on the language issues is very influenced by the fact that he's Canadian, which is a bit weird at first, but once you get used to it, it's kind of interesting.
		There is interesting information about the tremendous difficulties and politics of language, and yet the information still seems skewed by his rigid world view.
	www.amazon.com /Lost-Province-Adventures-Moldovan-Family/dp/0888784325 (1216 words)

	Moldovan translation from thebigword
		When you need a Moldovan translation, you want it to be the best Moldovan translation which means using the best Moldovan translators.
		Whatever the subject matter is of the translation you require, and for whatever purpose, we will be able to provide you with a high quality Moldovan translation.
		So whether its English to Moldovan translation, Moldovan to translation or Moldovan in combination with any other of the 140 languages languages handled by thebigword, companies the world over trust us to get their Moldovan translations right first time.
	www.thebigword.com /Moldovan_Translation.aspx (253 words)

	Learn Moldovan language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		native Moldovan speakers registered with the language exchange, so if you want to practise Moldovan, search for your language exchange partner here...
		people who want to practise Moldovan and who are looking for language partners now.
		Most linguists, however, consider standard Moldovan to be identical to standard Romanian.
	www.eslbase.com /language-exchange/moldovan (139 words)

	CCA: Jason Moldovan
		The first semester finals will be on January 23rd and 24th.
		Moldovan is a name for the people living in the area of the former principality of Moldavia, now divided between the Romania and the Moldovan Republic.
		Moldovans, a ethnic group, living mainly in the Republic of Moldova, where they comprise 76.1% of population.
	teachers.sduhsd.net /jmoldovan (90 words)

	U.S. Says Transnistrian Authorities Worsen Situation - US Department of State
		The conflict was squelched by Russian troops, which remain in the region despite Moldovan objections.
		But the dispute worsened in July when Russian and Ukrainian-speaking separatists forcibly closed a Moldovan language school in Tiraspol in Transnistria and threatened five others with closure, and then impeded international assistance to a local orphanage.
		The United States has strongly condemned the ongoing campaign to force the closure of Moldovan language schools as well as "a wider pattern of intransigence," as State Department deputy spokesman Adam Ereli termed it August 26, when he announced expanded visa restrictions on Transnistrian authorities.
	usinfo.state.gov /eur/Archive/2004/Sep/09-553793.html (712 words)

	Pravda.RU Moldova To Extend Russian Language Use
		Moldova's parliament passed a Communist-proposed advertisement law amendment to authorise commercials in Russian alongside the official Moldovan language.
		On Thursday, commissions of the Russian and Georgian defence ministries will resume their effort to coordinate deeds of conveyance and acceptance of property belonging to Russian military bases in Vaziani and Gudaut, a member of the Russian defence ministry delegation told RIA Novosti in a telephone interview.
		Shevardnadze is certain that the Americans “will come to implement NMD,” and “world powers had better to agree and find a common language with the USA on the issue.” More detail...
	newsfromrussia.com /cis/2001/06/29/8961.html (1554 words)

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