Bozur
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Post by Bozur on Dec 2, 2009 2:26:44 GMT -5
Moldovan Government Switches To 'Romanian' Language On Websites
November 28, 2009 CHISINAU -- In a sign of growing rapprochement with neighboring EU-member Romania, Moldova's government has changed the language signs on all of its websites from "Moldovan" (MD) to "Romanian" (RO), RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports.
The Moldovan Constitution states that the official language of the country is "Moldovan," although most linguists say the language spoken in Moldova does not differ enough Romanian to be considered a different language.
The new pro-Western government has said it will try to amend the constitution in the future to remove the "Moldovan language" concept.
The term "Moldovan language" was coined by the Soviets after they annexed what is now Moldova from Romania at the beginning of World War II.
They also imposed use of the cyrillic alphabet in the new Soviet republic, to differentiate it even more from the Latin-writing Romania.
Romanian President Traian Basescu has said that Moldovan leaders from previous governments have requested a translator during official meetings with their Romanian counterparts, despite speaking essentially the same language. www.rferl.org/content/Moldovan_Government_Switches_To_Romanian_Language_On_Websites/1890203.html
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Post by Username on Dec 10, 2009 16:38:55 GMT -5
Lol that's funny. Were the translators just sitting around looking at their watches the whole time??
Sort of like the Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian thing... same situation really.
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Post by ivo on Dec 24, 2009 18:09:45 GMT -5
The situation was the same with Bulgarian and Macedonian politicians. It was only a few years ago that it was decided that the translators were no longer needed.
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Post by vlaici on Dec 28, 2009 15:21:48 GMT -5
Moldovan language?!... I grew up with this fiction. I was listeninig to Moldavian radio and TV. It was pure Romanian as I've learned it in southern Romania. Not even a dialect! There was a time (> than 20 years ago) when I used the newspaper "Moldova Socialista" in order to learn Cyrillic alphabet...
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Post by hellboy87 on Nov 28, 2012 23:16:14 GMT -5
So the Russian Communists really screwed things up! The Moldovans are an artifical ethnic group created by the Russians!
Hopefully,this change will be a first step in reunification with Romania!
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