Talk:Moldovans/Proposal1
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Moldovans, or Moldavians (original name: Moldoveni; Молдовень is used by the Moldovan Cyrillic script, which nowadays has official status only in Transnistria) are the native population in, depending on one's interpretation, all or part of the lands that correspond to the former Principality of Moldavia. In the Republic of Moldova, the term Moldovans is sometimes used to officially denote an ethnicity separate from Romanians[6] Otherwise, the Moldovans are considered to be of the same etnicity like the Romanians.[7] However, the census from 2004 does not contain any question about the ethnicity, but only about the nationality.[8]
Regions with significant populations | |
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Romania: estimated: 6-7 million [1] Moldova: 4,300 (1999) Kyrgyzstan: 778 (1999) Estonia 645 (2000) Tajikistan: 300 (2000) | |
Languages | |
Moldovan/Romanian | |
Religion | |
Predominantly Eastern Orthodox. | |
Related ethnic groups | |
• Vlachs |
The recognition of Moldovans as a separate ethnicity, distinct from Romanians, is nevertheless a relatively new and controversial subject, having it's roots in the Stalinist era.[9] Outside of the Moldovan Republic, this group is currently recognized as a minority ethnic group only by several former Soviet republics.