Language is the first indicator, first symbol of the national identity. Romanian is a Latin language that forms part of the big European spiritual family, not only of the linguistic one. Without language there is no culture, Romanian academician Eugen Simion said in academic readings dedicated to the Romanian Language Day on August 31, IPN reports.
Eugen Simion noted the fact that there were people in politics who changed the name of the Romanian language should not prevent us from seeing the truth and the truth is that we have a common language, the Romanian one that we understand and that includes small differences that represent the charm of our language. The language is that instrument without which no culture can exist and a culture will definitely not exist without a national language.
Eugen Simion said Romanian is a language apt for culture. That’s why the writers should not give up the idea of writing in the Romanian language. “Let’s cultivate our garden, which is our culture! Culture is unique as the language is. Culture unites us, while the rest can separate us,” stated the academician.
For his part, the president of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova Gheorghe Duca said that during the national renaissance years, the academic community specified that the Romanian language is the correct name of the official language of the Republic of Moldova. The Academy’s positon on the issue remained unchanged. “Regrettably, we ascertain that favorable conditions for developing the Romanian language in this historical space weren’t created. The contradictory discussions on the name of the language, the lack of social factors that would favor the imbedding and assertion of the language as a national cohesion instrument led rather to degradation than to development and enrichment,” stated Gheorghe Duca.
The event “Academic readings dedicated to the national holiday Romanian Language Day” were organized by the Academy of Sciences of Moldova and the Romanian Academy with the participation of the Romanian Philology Institute “B.P. Hașdeu”.
