Editing Dialect (section)

===Moldova===
There have been cases of a variety of speech being deliberately reclassified to serve political purposes. One example is [[Moldovan language|Moldovan]]. In 1996, the [[Parliament of Moldova|Moldovan Parliament]], citing fears of "Romanian expansionism", rejected a proposal from [[President of Moldova|President]] [[Mircea Snegur]] to change the name of the language to Romanian, and in 2003 a [[Moldovan–Romanian dictionary]] was published, purporting to show that the two countries speak different languages. Linguists of the [[Romanian Academy]] reacted by declaring that all the Moldovan words were also Romanian words; while in Moldova, the head of the [[Academy of Sciences of Moldova]], Ion Bărbuţă, described the dictionary as a politically motivated "absurdity". On 22 March 2023, the [[president of Moldova]], [[Maia Sandu]], promulgated a law passed by Parliament that named the [[national language]] as ''Romanian'' in all legislative texts and the [[Constitution of Moldova (1994)|constitution]].<ref>{{cite news  | title = Președinta Maia Sandu a promulgat Legea care confirmă că limba de stat a Republicii Moldova este cea română  | publisher = Presidency of the Republic of Moldova  | quote = Astăzi am promulgat Legea care confirmă un adevăr istoric și incontestabil: limba de stat a Republicii Moldova este cea română.  | trans-quote = Today I have promulgated the law that confirms a historical and indisputable truth: the state language of the Republic of Moldova is Romanian.  | language = ro  | url = https://presedinte.md/rom/comunicate-de-presa/presedinta-maia-sandu-a-promulgat-legea-care-confirma-ca-limba-de-stat-a-republicii-moldova-este-cea-romna}}</ref>