Slavic Cataloging Manual
Descriptive Cataloging
Moldavian or Romanian?
For the language code for Moldova, use mol if written in Cyrillic, but if it is a modern work and is written in the Latin script, use rum.
(Princeton Decision, March 1995)
"The majority of the people of Moldova are ethnic Romanians, and the
native language of Moldova is Romanian. In the so-called Transdniester
region, east of the Dniester River, however, there are large numbers of
Russians and Ukrainians (who rebelled against Moldovan authority in
1992). A national law passed in 1989 requires use of the Latin alphabet
and the Romanian language."
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