Talk:Republic of Moldova/Arguments Romanian
Republic of Moldova Republica Moldova | |
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| Motto: none | |
| Anthem: Limba noastră ("Our Tongue") | |
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| Capital and largest city | Chişinău 47°0′N 28°55′E / 47.000°N 28.917°E |
| Official languages | Moldovan[1] (Romanian) |
| Government | Parliamentary Republic |
| Vladimir Voronin | |
| Vasile Tarlev | |
| Independence | |
• • Date | From the Soviet Union August 27, 1991 |
| Area | |
• Total | 33,843 km2 (13,067 sq mi) (135th) |
• Water (%) | 1.4% |
| Population | |
• 2005 estimate | 4,455,421 (117th) |
• 2004 census | 3,388,071[2] |
• Density | 131/km2 (339.3/sq mi) (56th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2005 estimate |
• Total | $9.367 billion (141st) |
• Per capita | $2,100 (178th) |
| HDI (2005) | 0.671 medium (115th) |
| Currency | Leu (MDL) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Calling code | 373 |
| ISO 3166 code | MD |
| Internet TLD | .md |
^[1] Gagauz and Russian are also official in the Gagauz Autonomous Region) ^[2] excluding Transnistria | |
Arguments in favour of writing Moldovan (Romanian) and not just simply Moldova[edit]
Law[edit]
This law still aplies: [1]
Law regarding the usage of languages spoken on the territory of the Republic of Moldova): "Moldavian RSS supports the desire of the Moldovans that live across the borders of the Republic, and considering the really existing linguistical Moldo-Romanian identity - of the Romanians that live on the territory of the USSR, of doing their studies and satisfying their cultural needs in their maternal language." [2]
Other official sources[edit]
- Ministry of Education of Moldova
- Academy of Sciences of Moldova
- Consiliul Coordonator al Audiovizualului
- Ministry of Justice
- Minitry of Foreign Affairs
- Minitry of Health
- Ministry of Transports
and so on...
Other encyclopedias or factbooks[edit]
Census[edit]
In the 2004 census out of the 3,383,332 population of Moldova, 16.5% (558,508) chose Romanian as their mother tongue, whereas 60% chose Moldovan. But this procent varies from the cities to the country side. In the cities, 40% of the Romanian/Moldovan speakers chose Romanian as their mother tongue, whereas in the country side each 7th Romanian/Moldovan speaker chose Romanian as his mother tongue; that is even though only 2% of the population of Moldova declared itself of Romanian ethnicity.
It is also important to note, that the group of international observers from the Council of Europe, that supervised the census, underlined that 7 of the 10 observer teams noted an important number of cases when peope were advised to declare themselves Moldovans or Moldovan speakers (more info here).
For detalied information about the relation Moldovan-Romanian in the 2004 census see the table at ro:Limba_moldovenească#Distribuţie_geografică or National Bureau of Statistics of Moldova.
--Danutz