The Romanian language for the Republic of Moldova was a weapon in the struggle for independence, justice and freedom, for our people to exist, said the president of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova (ASM) Gheorghe Duca. According to him, since 1989, besides the introduction of the Latin script and the return to the correct name of the language, not many things have changed as regards the speaking and functioning of the language, IPN reports.
“Regretfully, as before 1990 and after 1990, there are persons who do not speak the official language. I think this is a tragedy because these persons include very wise and talented people whose capacities can be used here, but, regretfully, are missed,” stated Gheorghe Duca.
Correspondent member of the Academy Nicolae Biletski said a shift of emphases is needed in the approaches to the Romanian language spoken in Moldova. “First of all, the discussions on the kind of language we speak and the differences between the so-called Moldovan language and the Romanian language should stop as these are used by those who do not want to study our literary language – the Romanian one,” he stated.
Doctor Habilitate Ion Gagim, rector of the Balti-based Teacher Training University “A. Russo”, noted that the return to the Latin script was a historical national aspiration and a real intellectual struggle that was in parts fiery was fought for this to happen. “The Latin scrip was finally restored and the Romanian language ‘returned home’, in the Republic of Moldova. We have it in books, in education institutions at the Romanian language lessons and in regulatory documents. But we do not have it on the tongue, in our daily life,” he said.
According to the vice director of the Institute of Philology Nina Korchinski, during the last 27 years the linguistic situation in Moldova has improved. Most of the educated and rational Moldovans no longer wonder what language we speak – the Romanian or the Moldovan one. The topical problems are now related to correct expression and the indifferent attitude of the expats to the way they speak.
Dean of the Language Faculty of the State University of Moldova Adriana Cazacu said that any anniversary is an occasion for refection about the fate of the Romanian language. An increasing number of people speak a correct Romanian language and express themselves fluently and many of the younger intellectuals who specialize in different areas possess appropriate vocabulary. There is also a tendency to use more neologisms. The people got rid of borrowed Russian words to a certain extent. The remedying process is slow, but progressive.
According to the people of science, the institution of the Romanian language as the official language of Moldova and the return to the Latin script were the real and probably the biggest accomplishments after 1989.
