Moldovan language

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Moldovan or Moldavian (Latin alphabet: limba moldovenească, Cyrillic alphabet: лимба молдовеняскэ) is one of the two local names for the Romanian language in Moldova. Moldovan was declared the official language of Moldova in Article 13 of the constitution adopted in 1994, whereas the 1991 Declaration of Independence of Moldova had used the name Romanian. In 2003, the Moldovan parliament adopted a law defining Moldovan and Romanian as glottonyms for the same language. In 2013, the Constitutional Court of Moldova ruled that the Declaration of Independence takes precedence over Article 13 of the constitution, thereby giving official status to the name Romanian. In March 2023, the Moldovan parliament approved a law on referring to the national language as Romanian in all legislative texts and in the constitution; President Maia Sandu promulgated it later that month. Outside Moldova’s government-controlled territory, the breakaway region of Transnistria continues to recognize "Moldovan" as...

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