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  2. Languages of Moldova - Wikipedia

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    The official state language of Moldova is Romanian, which is the native language of 78.6% of the population (as of the 2014 Census); it is also spoken as a primary language by other ethnic minorities. Gagauz, Russian, and Ukrainian languages are granted official regional status in Gagauzia and/or Transnistria.

  3. Moldovan language - Wikipedia

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    From a linguistic perspective, Moldovan is an alternative name for the varieties of the Romanian language spoken in the Republic of Moldova (see History of the Romanian language). Before 1918, during the period between the wars, and after the union of Bessarabia with Romania , scholars did not have consensus that Moldovans and the Romanians ...

  4. Controversy over ethnic and linguistic identity in Moldova

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    The Soviet propaganda also sought to secure a separate status for the varieties of the Romanian language spoken in the USSR. Thus, it imposed the use of a Cyrillic script derived from the Russian alphabet, and promoted the exclusive use of the name "Moldovan language", forbidding the use of the name "Romanian language". The harsh anti-Romanian ...

  5. Limba noastră - Wikipedia

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    The focus of "Limba noastră" is language, hence its namesake; in this case, the official language of Moldova, namely Romanian.. The Constitution of Moldova refers to the country's official language as Romanian, and similarly in December 2013, a decision of the Constitutional Court of Moldova ruled that the Declaration of Independence takes precedence over the Constitution and that the state ...

  6. Gagauz language - Wikipedia

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    Gagauz (/ ɡ ə ˈ ɡ ɔː z /; gagauz dili or gagauzça) is a Turkic language spoken by the Gagauz people of Moldova, Ukraine, Russia and Turkey and it is an official language of the Autonomous Region of Gagauzia in Moldova. Gagauz belongs to the Oghuz branch of Turkic languages, alongside Azerbaijani, Turkmen, and Turkish.

  7. Moldova - Wikipedia

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    [180] [181] The 2014 Moldovan census for the first time collected information about the languages spoken by residents in Moldova. There is a controversy about whether or not Moldovan and Romanian should be considered distinct languages, and the Moldovan government rejects any distinction, however the census allowed for respondents to respond ...

  8. Category:Languages of Moldova - Wikipedia

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    Moldovan singers by language (2 C) Pages in category "Languages of Moldova" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect ...

  9. Moldovans - Wikipedia

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    Moldovans, sometimes referred to as Moldavians (Romanian: moldoveni, Moldovan Cyrillic: молдовень, pronounced [moldoˈvenʲ]), are the ethnic group native to the Moldova, who mostly speak the Romanian language, locally referred also as Moldovan. 75.1% of the Moldovan population declared Moldovan ethnicity in the 2014 Moldovan census, and Moldovans form significant communities in ...