> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On > > Behalf Of Michael Everson > > > > It is unlikely that Soviet Moldavian was spared the importation of > > Russian vocabulary and abbreviations (kolkhoz and the like), so there > > would be more than just a script difference. > > If such a distinction exists and is useful for documentation purposes, > that would be a valid distinction for ISO 639 to provide distinct IDs > for. >
According to the Wikipedia, German edition, article "Moldawische Sprache" the Moldavian academy of sciences published in 2003 a dictionary Romanian / Moldavian to stress the fact that these entities should be considered to two separate languages. Which should settle the question. Best regards, Marc -- ************************* Marc Wilhelm K�ster Web: http://www.saphor.net
