Moldova Sign Language

Moldova Sign Language (Romanian: Limbajul mimico-gestual din Republica Moldova, LMGRM) is used in the Republic of Moldova.

Education and sign language in Moldova has been influenced by Russia and the Soviet Union as well as by Romania. No established deaf education system is known to have had existed before the Soviet times. When Moldova was a part of the Soviet Union, deaf education was done in an oralist approach in line with the rest of the country, and the written and spoken Russian language was prioritized, even though most students' families primarily spoke and wrote the Romanian language (called Moldovan in the Soviet Union).

Since independence, deaf education has been influenced by both Russian Sign Language (RSL) and Romanian Sign Language (LSR), with a greater LSR influence in the west and a greater RSL influence in the east. In addition, fingerspelling may be based on written Russian in the east Moldova, and on written Romanian in the west.

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