Languages of Moldova
Moldova. 4,446,455. National or official language: Romanian (Moldovan). Capital: Chisinau. 13,012 square miles. Literacy rate: 99%. Also includes Belarusan (20,000), Crimean Turkish (1,859), Eastern Yiddish, Russian (562,000), Standard German (7,000), Tatar, Ukrainian (600,000), Vlax Romani. Information mainly from T. Sebeok 1963. The number of languages listed for Moldova is 5. Of those, all are living languages.
Living languages
| Bulgarian | [bul]
394,688 in Moldova.
Classification: Indo-European, Slavic, South, Eastern
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| Gagauz | [gag]
138,000 in Moldova (2000). Population total all countries: 150,000. Cultural center is Kishinev. Also spoken in Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Romania, Ukraine.
Alternate names: Gagauzi.
Dialects: Bulgar Gagauzi, Maritime Gagauzi. Close to Turkish, but uses Russian Orthodox Christian religious vocabulary in contrast to the Islamic vocabulary of Turkish.
Classification: Altaic, Turkic, Southern, Turkish
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| Moldova Sign Language | [vsi]
Classification: Deaf sign language
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| Romani, Balkan | [rmn]
12,000 in Moldova (1993 Johnstone). Moldova; Crimean Peninsula, Ukraine.
Alternate names: Gypsy.
Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Romani, Balkan
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| Romanian | [ron]
2,664,000 in Moldova (1979 census). Moldova, and throughout the country.
Alternate names: Moldavan, Roumanian, Rumanian.
Dialects: Moldavan (Moldovian, Moldovean), Muntenian (Walachian, Muntean), Banat, Bayash, Chrishana, Maramuresh, Oltenia-Lesser Wallachia (Oltean).
Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Eastern
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