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Putting the Squeeze on Transdniestr | 13 comments (13 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

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Ah well I get it from both sides. If I say they're Moldovan all the Romanians jump on my back ;)

Technically speaking, yes they are "ethnic" Moldovan, although if that's an ethnicity so is Moldavian, Maramuresian and Crisanan.

I guess the best delimeter is the language spoken and yes Moldovan is considered a separate language than Romanian, although it is virtually identical.

Pax

Night and day you can find me Flogging the Simian

by soj on Sun Mar 12th, 2006 at 10:24:41 AM EST
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Re: Putting the Squeeze on Transdniestr (none / 0)

Apparently Moldovan is essentially the same language as Romanian, except that the name of the language in Moldova is Moldovan. Sort of like in Spain, where (two very close dialects of) the same language is called Catalan in Catalonia and Valencian in Valencia, and this is codified in the Statutes of Autonomy for the respective Autonomous communities.

tens of millions of people stand to see their lives ruined because the bureaucrats at the ECB don't understand introductory economics -- Dean Baker

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Mar 12th, 2006 at 11:42:22 AM EST
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