Talk:Gagauzia
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according to , the census data from 2004 shows that the population of comrat was not even close to 70.000 people. Constantzeanu 02:00, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
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The official language of The Republic of Moldova, has been ever since independence "Moldovan"(which is virtually the same as romanian), so I don't understand the statement "The Gagauz national movement intensified when Romanian was accepted as the official language of the Republic of Moldova.", that never happened, the President of the Republic Of Moldova, Mircea Snegur, proposed that Constitutional Amendment to the Parliament but it failed and was classified as "Romanian Expansionism", so, therefore I am deleting that sentence. Sufitul 13 April, 2006
- You've mixed up the two events: Upon independence, Romanian was indeed accepted as the state language. Then, an amendment to the Constitution was made in 1994, changing the name to "Moldovan". It was Snegur's attempt to change it back to "Romanian" in 1996, that was rejected as "Romanian Expansionism". See Movement for unification of Romania and Moldova#Independence of Moldova. --Illythr 23:55, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
The [Independence declarations of Gagauzia and Transnistria] prompted the nationalist Popular Front to tone down its pro-Romanian line and speak up for the rights of minorities. - umm, what? The events prompted them to send armed volunteers to the breakaway regions, causing further escalation of the conflict. The "toning down" happened only later, in 1994 when the popularity of the Popular Front (and thus, their number of seats in the Parliament) suffered a sharp decline (no pun intended :)). Of course, there's always the chance that I've missed something important. Perhaps somebody here could provide a link to PF activists actually speaking up for the rights of minorities back then? --Illythr 23:55, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
I meant to say:
Găgăuzia is in Romanian, Gagauz-Yeri is in Gagauz, and the Moldovan (Parliament's) Law uses both names from respect to the minority. Short English is Gagauzia, without diactics.
If the double name is not official, how come the russian version of the laws also use "Гагаузия (Гагауз-Ери)"? And how come the Moldovan version doesn't use the Russian diacritic free Gagauzia too? They have less respect for the Russian minority?Anonimu 17:52, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
- They have a translator office that takes any law, and translates the official version into English, Russian and French. The translator is responsible for the accuracy, literly word by word. The translator is not authorized to deal with "politically correct/incorrect" issues. The "Russian minority" in Gagauzia is 3% of 180,000. Prety small, don't you think? :Dc76\talk 18:22, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
- Yeah but think at the russian speaking population of the region. Wikipedia doesn't work with "likely" anyway.Anonimu 18:25, 15 August 2007 (UTC)