is moldova a slavic country?

Answer 1

NO it is not. I am Moldavian and can tell you accurately that it is not. Moldova has been part of Romania, which is not a Slavic country. Only during the WWII Moldova entered into Slavic community, it was forced upon it. Majority of the population speak Moldavian, which is Romanian pigeon language. Slavics and Slavic culture in Moldova are just a minority. It is more of a Latin country, not like Latin America, but Latin as in Romans. Slavic countries speak Slavic languages but Moldavian and Romanian are Romantic languages which have roots from Latin. you want to offend a Moldovan tell him he’s a Slav. The person who said that Moldavians and Romanians have Slavic roots is also wrong. They don’t even look like Slavs.
Their roots are closer to Italians. Some of the first people to occupy the region were Romans and Greeks, who colonized the area.

Answer 2

Not to be wishy-washy, but you are sort of correct, and sort of incorrect. Misen55 has it half right, actually.

Like a lot of parts of the world, Eastern Europe has a history of being very cognizant or very dependent on ethnicity.

There was a long time ago when Moldova was a part of Romania. Then shortly after WWII all of that area, being Bulgaria, Ukraine, and Romania became part of the Soviet Union.

Romania eventually chose to split from the Soviet Bloc, but Moldova, because it is such a poor area, for the time being, chose to remain a part of the Soviet Bloc.

Because of a very repressive Russian regime, and dwindling economic support, in 1991, Moldova finally chose to split from the Soviet bloc, and became independent.

That would be the "cliff notes" version of Moldovan history.

Now I'll give you a brief description of what a "Slavic" is, exactly.

To give you the very short version, modern Slavics are divided into the Eastern, Western, and Southern, linneage. The Western being the Poles, Czechs, and Slovaks. The Western Slavics are the Russians, Ukranians, and the Belarusians. Then finally, in the south, there are the Serbs, Bulgarians, Croats, Macedonians, Montenegrins, Bosniaks.

I'm hopeful you noticed that included with the Western Slavics, there are Russians and Ukrainians...

This is what makes your question so complicated...

There is an area in Moldova that actually fought for their independence from Moldova. As I mentioned, Moldova, like a lot of countries, is almost ethnocentric in their thinking. The dividing line in Moldova is the Deneistra river, where to the west of the river live the majority of those of Moldovan or Romanian extraction. On the east of the river live the majority of the Russians and Ukranians --The Western Slovaks....

Why this is complicated is because the area East of the Deniestra, since they have "sort of" gained their independence call their area Transniestra. I say they have "sort of" gained their independence because no other country in the world (including Russia) has recognized this area as a soverign country.

My wife lives in this split off area in a city called Bender or Bendery, and I can tell you many stories from personally passing through their check points. They act like they are a soverign country, but as far as the rest of the world is concerned, they truly do not exist.

Now to answer your question as specifically as I can, it will really depend on what your view is of this split-off region of "Transneistra," that they call themselves.

If you don't count Transneistra, then the Moldovan population is Moldovan, Romanian, Russian, and Ukranian. And with the latter two groups, then Moldova is clearly a slavic country.

However...

If you choose to recognize Transneistra, then Moldova would simply be an Eastern European country, and Transneistra would be a slavic region.

I know, it's not an easy question to answer...

But if you take a world view of this mess, which I think you should, since that view is in the clear majority, Moldova is a slavic country.

Despite the fear-mongering and superstition that was used by the socalled Transniestrian powers that be, they are moldovans. That's the view held by Moldova, Russia, and the rest of the world...

I hope that helps you a little bit.

Good Luck!

Answer 3

Romania, is not a slavic country, it has slavic influence, culturally and somewhat linguistically. We are former dacia with more of a latin influence that's why people get confused becuase geographically we are surrounded by neighboring slavic countries. Moldovan language, the slavic influence might be higher since the country was part of the slavic community for a long time, but even more so it's more of a sister dialect of romanian with latin influence. Hence why romanian language is a romance language not a slavic language. Back centuries ago when languages were forming, the romanian language was easily influenced by the greeks, turks, germans, the slavs, and the Romans, and "romantizcising" and evolved into what the language is today instead of slavic language evolution.

Answer 4

Moldova is not a slavic country. It was part of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, but more than 78% of te population is Moldovan/Romanian, of latin ethnicity.

Answer 5

NO it is not slavic country, Moldova is part of Romania

Answer 6

understand how the French are Gauls, and hence surely Celts who grew a Romance language superstrate? comparable factor Romanians, yet of their case, they are Dacian (a team without extant close linguistic kin, yet their unique language replaced into an Indo-eu one). in actuality it replaced into the Romans who invaded, did some mingling and left their language in the back of. What do you recommend "remoted"? Slavic presence in eastern Europe is quite lots non-end, even interior the non-Slavic international locations of Romania and Hungary. in any different case, Slavs many times tended emigrate lots interior the 1st millennium advert. Hungarians are a separate tale, one among an prolonged trek westward (there's a community deep in Russia called Yugra, the place they initially hail from and the place their closest kin, the Khanty and Mansi human beings, stay to right this moment). Slavs are interior of reach to the final section between the Don and Danube.

Answer 7

yes. moldova was joined with transnistria of slavic ethnicity. also, romanian, a slavic language, is the dominant language in moldova.

Answer 8

yes. Moldovans and Romanians are slavic by ethnicity, although the Romanian language is a Latin language.

Answer 9

Yes.

Answer 10

Yes, but their language isn't