Notes

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 The Jewish minority was more numerous in the past (228,620 Jews in Bessarabia in 1897, or
11.8% of the population).[38]
  Note: Further 11,844 were deported on 12–13 June 1941 from other Romanian territories
occupied by the USSR a year earlier.
  The law regarding approval of the National Political Conception of the Republic of
Moldova says that "The conception is rooted in the historically established truth and confirmed
by the common literary treasure: Moldovan nation and Romanian nation use a common literary
form "which is based on the live spring of the popular talk from Moldova" — a reality which
impregnates the national Moldovan language with a specific peculiar pronunciation, a certain
well known and appreciated charm. Having the common origin; common basic lexical
vocabulary, the national Moldovan language and national Romanian language keep each their
lingvonim/glotonim as the identification sign of each nation: Moldovan and Romanian.'"

4.  Prince Dimitrie Cantemir was one of the most important figures of Moldavian culture
of the 18th century. He wrote the first geographical, ethnographic and economic
description of the country. (in Latin) Descriptio Moldaviae, (Berlin, 1714), at Latin
Wikisource.

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 There is an ongoing controversy, in part involving linguisitic definition of ethnicity, over

whether Moldovans' self-identification constitutes an ethnic group distinct and apart from
Romanians, or a subset.
 There were also numerous allegations that the ethnic affiliation numbers were rigged: 7 out of
10 observer groups of the Council of Europe reported a significant number of cases where
census-takers recommended respondents declare themselves Moldovans rather than Romanians.
Complicating the interpretation of the results, 18.8% of respondents that identified themselves as
Moldovans declared Romanian to be their native language.[138]