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Romanian language

martie 9, 2008 — tudorcojocari

member of the Romance group of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Romance languages).

It is spoken by about 22 million people in Romania, where it is the official language, by 3 million people in Moldova, Read the rest of this entry »

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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. According to Wikipedia, Moldovan is the official name for the Romanian language in the Republic of Moldova and in the territory of Transnistria. About 2.6 million people speak this language/dialect in Moldova. Until 1989 Moldovan was written with the Cyrillic alphabet. After that the Romanian version of the Latin alphabet was adopted in Moldova, though some orthographic changes adopted in Romanian are not generally used in Moldova. In Transnistria the Cyrillic alphabet is still used.

Sample text in Moldovan

Тоате фиинцеле умане се наск либере ши егале ын демнитате Read the rest of this entry »

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Moldova - articol in engleza

martie 9, 2008 — tudorcojocari

officially Republic of Moldova, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,455,000), c.13,000 sq mi (33,670 sq km). Chişinău (formerly Kishinev) is the capital and largest city. Land, People, and Government Moldova is landlocked. The Prut River separates it from Romania in the west. In the north and east, the Dniester River forms its approximate boundary with Ukraine, on which it also borders in the south; in the east there is a narrow strip of Moldovan terrritory between the Dniester and the Ukraine border (the predominantly Russian and Ukrainian Trans-Dniester Region). Mostly a hilly plain, Moldova occupies all but the southernmost and northernmost sections of former Bessarabia. Its proximity to the Black Sea gives it a mild climate. About 65% of the population is Moldovan; Ukrainians and Russians make up more than a quarter of the people, and there are several smaller minorities, including the Turkish-speaking Gagauz, Bulgarians, and Jews. The Moldovan language, the official tongue, is virtually indistinguishable from Romanian, and the two groups are ethnically identical. Read the rest of this entry »