Moldovan (also Moldavian; limba moldovenească, or лимба молдовеняскэ in Moldovan Cyrillic) is the name of the Romanian language in the Republic of Moldova as determined by Article 13 of the Constitution of Moldova. In turn, the Declaration of Independence of Moldova, which prevails over the former, names the language "Romanian". The identity between the national languages of the (back then still) Moldavian SSR and Romania has been officially acknowledged since the reintroduction of the Latin script in 1989, however political debate over the issue became inflamed again in the early 2000s. At that point, a group of Romanian linguists adopted a resolution stating that promotion of the notion of Moldovan language is an anti-scientific campaign.
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