Talk:Sofia Rotaru (album)

Moldavian language

I don't understand why, in the scope of this article, it's called Moldavian / Moldovan language (as well as other articles about the singer).

Bukovina, as a geographical region, had a (traditionally, now not so much so) mixed ukrainian-romanian population. Skip two world wars, moving back and forth between countries, splitting it up, the region was anyway either part of Romania (whether a principality, kingdom, regardless), or Ukraine (or the Ukrainian SSR if you will), or both.

Bottom line, the language would not be Moldovan, Bukovina is linked to the Principality of Moldavia, rather than to the Republic of Moldova (do note that the region was never part of the Moldovan SSR!). The language naming debate is a completely irrelevant issue here, since it only affects the Republic of Moldova proper (and it came up much later!).

Yes, over the whole territory of the former principality there might be a Moldovan identity, but not national identity.

We don't hear about the American language anywhere, do we?

The language mentioned should be Romanian. » byeee 03:00, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

• This language debate is irrelevant here. This article is about a singer and precisely about a music album, where the songs are indicated with respective language name.Rubikonchik (talk) 13:55, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Are they indicated as Moldovan language on the LP covers or what? If yes, then I rest my case. Otherwise, yes, the language debate is completely irrelevant and the proper name of the language is Romanian. ISO does would seem to agree.» byeee 02:37, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

On this album, Moldavian is indicated.Rubikonchik (talk) 12:45, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. » byeee 04:33, 30 January 2011 (UTC)