Home to 3 dialects represented on Dialect Atlas, spanning 3 language families.
also: Ursaritska, Rićhinari
A Balkan Romani variety spoken in Romania and Moldova, traditionally associated with the Ursari, the Roma groups historically known as bear-leaders. It is grouped with the Balkan dialects rather than the surrounding Vlax varieties and shows substantial Romanian contact influence.
also: Gagauz dili
An Oghuz Turkic language spoken by the Christian Gagauz people of southern Moldova. The official language of the autonomous Gagauz region (Gagauz Yeri), distinct from neighbouring Romanian and Bulgarian.
also: Standard Romanian
The Bucharest-based standard of Romanian, spoken across Romania and Moldova. The largest Eastern Romance language and the basis of the modern literary standard.