Academy of Sciences of Moldova (romanianAcademia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei) is the main scientific centre of the Republic of Moldova, which coordinates research in all areas of science and technology. It is also the regulating body for the Romanian language in Moldova. Romanian (limba românÄ IPA ), the official language of Romania, is an Eastern Romance language. ...
External links
Official website (in Romanian and English)
Eastern Romance languages The Eastern Romance languages, sometimes known as the Vlach languages, are a group of Romance languages that developed in Southeastern Europe from the local eastern variant of Vulgar Latin. ...
Proto-Romanian language
Northern
Daco-Romanian (Romanian, Moldovan) Istro-Romanian Common Romanian (also known as Proto-Romanian) is a hypothetical language considered to have been spoken by the Romanians after the breakdown of the Roman Empire and before it was broken into modern Eastern Romance languages and dialects: Romanian Aromanian Megleno-Romanian Istro-Romanian The place where this language was... The Romanians (români in present-day Romanian and rumâni in historical contexts) are an ethnic group; they are the majority inhabitants of Romania and of Moldova (where they are also called Moldovans, a disputed term); each of these countries also have other significant ethnic minorities, and the Romanians... Map of Istro-Romanian, made by PuÅcariu in 1926 Istro-Romanian is a Romance language used in a few villages in the peninsula of Istria, on the upper northern part of the Adriatic Sea, in Croatia. ...
Southern
Aromanian Megleno-Romanian Map of areas inhabited by Aromanians Aromanian (also known as Macedo-Romanian in Romania or Vlach in most other countries; in Aromanian: armâneashti or armãneshce) is a language in the eastern group of the Romance languages, spoken in the Balkans. ... Megleno-Romanian (known as Vlaheshte by speakers and Moglenitic, Meglenitic or Megleno-Romanian by non-speakers) is a Romance language, similar to Aromanian, spoken in the Moglená region, located in the Kilkis and Serres prefectures in Macedonia, Greece, as well as in the Republic of Macedonia. ...
The activity of the Academy of Sciences is based on the Law regarding the state policy in the research and development sphere (1999), the Law on the Academy of Sciences of Moldova (2000), the Statute of the Academy and other normative documents.
The main task of the Academy is to advance fundamental researches in pure sciences, life sciences and humanities, to conduct long-term scientific investigations closely connected with national and international science and culture, the priority being given to ecological problems and nature conservation as well as development of national economy of Moldova.
The Academy of Sciences of Moldova collaborates with a number of important scientific organizations as INTAS, UNESCO, IAEA, NATO Scientific Committee, ALLEA and is a member of the International Association of Academies of Sciences (IAAS) and of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU).