Moldovans
Sign in to saveMoldovans, sometimes referred to as Moldavians (, , ), are an ethnic group native to Moldova, who mostly speak the Romanian language, also referred to locally as Moldovan. Moldovans form significant communities in Romania, Italy, Ukraine and Russia.
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Moldovans are an ethnic group primarily from Moldova who speak Romanian (often called Moldovan locally) and share cultural ties to that region. They form important diaspora communities in several neighboring and European countries, including Romania, Italy, Ukraine, and Russia.
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Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Moldovans
- Ethnic group.native_name
- Moldoveni
- Ethnic group.native_name_lang
- ro
- Ethnic group.image
- 260x260px
- Ethnic group.image_caption
- Map of the Moldovan diaspora
- Ethnic group.total
- 2.9 million
- Ethnic group.popplace
- 2,023,069(including 135,957 in Transnistria)
- Ethnic group.tablehdr
- Other countries
- Ethnic group.pop1
- 285,000
- Ethnic group.pop2
- 258,619
- Ethnic group.pop3
- 188,923
- Ethnic group.pop4
- 100,000–139,000
Article
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Identity politics in the Republic of Moldova
- Intellectuals of Bessarabia and the Romanian identity
- Demographics
- Regional identity in Romania
- Religion in Moldova
- See also
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
Moldovans, sometimes referred to as Moldavians (, , ), are an ethnic group native to Moldova, who mostly speak the Romanian language, also referred to locally as Moldovan. Moldovans form significant communities in Romania, Italy, Ukraine and Russia.
There is an ongoing controversy in Moldova over whether Moldovans constitute an ethnic group separate from Romanians or not. 77.18% and 7.9% of the Moldovan population declared Moldovan and Romanian ethnicity respectively in the 2024 Moldovan census, with 49.2% declaring their mother language to be Moldovan and 31.3% declaring it to be Romanian. According to opinion polls, around one third of Moldova's population supports unification with Romania.