Racsko Tamas jazdy:
> On 11 Sep 2004 "Isaac A. Penzev" <isaacp@UKR...> wrote:
>
> > Btw, AFAIK, Cyrillics are still in use in Transnistria (a rebel region
> > on the left bank of Dniester).
>
> But there was an ethnic segregation after 1990, I am right? AFAIK the
> Russian is the "official" language there. Are Rumanian (Moldavan) used
> in present Transnistria?
At least I saw a photo in a newspaper: a person was standing next to the
entrance to an official building in Transnistria, and the plate was written
in Russian and Moldavan (in Cyrillics). The picture was taken in 2002. I
have no official information.
> And do you know what is the situation with the third autonomous
> region, Gagauzia? Are they still use their Cyrillic script?
Again, I have no official information. But I saw some Gagauz publication on
the Web in Latin script.
> In fact, Rumanian literary language is an amalgam of Muntenian
> (=Bucharest area, the heart of Wallachia) and southern Transsylvanian
> dialects. The Moldovan contribution is very little.
That is why Moldovans themselves still cannot decide whether M. is a
different lg than Romanian, or not. LOL
> Until this point, politics are not involved. Therefore I stop here,
> because later consideriationas on Moldovan Rumanian are connected with
> the questions of two separate Mordvin, two separate Zyrian and six(!)
> separate Ostyak etc. literary norms. And this is politics, indeed.
Indeed.
> > I just said I find Moldovan Cyrillics nice looking and easy.
>
> I am a Slav
And I'm not :))) Still I find Cyrillic alphabet in many ways more convenient
for many lgs than Latin one.
> and I am positively biassed against Cyrillics: it is the
> invention of the "Slavic genius". But I try to be objective in my value
> judgements. Cyrillic script is a religious import in Rumanian and that
> time when the Old Church Slavonic was retired as a liturgic language in
> Rumanian Church, it was the time also for Cyrillics to retire.
I loath talking about politics, even if it is language politics...
> The return of the post-Soviet nations to the Latin script is an act
> of derussification
good luck
> From this ground, Zyrians also
> could return to Abur (if they would be permitted to do this).
do they want to?
> The creation of a
> distinct Permiak literary language is rather a political than a
> lingustic issue.
I agree.
Anyway, I find your msgs a bit more ardent than it is necessary. Let's stop
here. Much shit happens in the world. Let's talk about more pleasant things,
e.g. conlangs.
Best wishes,
-- Isaac