Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Kusvikira muzana remakore rechi19, mutauro wokuRomania waiwanzoshandiswa manyorero echiCyrillic. Imwe shanduro yakavakirwa paRussian civil script, yakatanga kuunzwa mukupera kwezana ramakore rechi18, yakave yakapararira muBessarabia mushure mekubatanidzwa kwayo kuHumambo hweRussia, nepo vamwe vese veMuchinda weMoldavia zvishoma nezvishoma vakachinjira kuarufabheti yechiLatin, yakatambirwa zviri pamutemo mushure mekubatana kwayo neWallachia iyo yakaguma nekugadzirwa kweRomania. Magirama uye maduramazwi akabudiswa muBessarabia pamberi pa1917, vose avo vakashandisa zita rokuti "Moldovan" uye vashomanana vakashandisa "Romanian", vakashandisa shanduro yeCyrillic alphabet, nekushandiswa kwayo kwakapfuurira muBessarabia kunyange mushure mekubatana kwe1918, kuitira kuti zvinyorwa zviwanikwe nyore kune vaverengi vevarimi. Alfabheti yeMoldovan Cyrillic yakaunzwa zviri pamutemo mukutanga kwema1920, muchirongwa cheSoviet chekuenzanisa manyorerwo echiRomanian muMoldovan ASSR; panguva imwechete ichienderera mberi nezvinangwa zvematongerwo enyika nekumaka musiyano wakajeka kubva kuLatin-based Romanian orthography yakaunzwa muRomania muma1860. Sezvazvakanga zvakaita nemimwe mitauro yeCyrillic muSoviet Union, yakadai sechiRussia, chiUkraine kana chiBelarusian, mavara ekare uye asingachadiwi akasiyiwa mukuedza kurerutsa manyorerwo uye kukurudzira kuverenga nokunyora. Yakasiyiwa nokuda kwearufabheti yechiLatin mukati meUnion-wide Latinisation campaign muna 1932. Kuiswazve kwaro kwakasarudzwa neCentral Executive Committee yeMoldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic musi waMay 19, 1938, kunyange zvazvo ine chiperengo chakafanana zvikuru nechiRussia chakajairika. Kutevera
Kubata kweSoviet kweBessarabia neNorthern Bukovina, yakasimbiswa searufabheti yepamutemo yeMoldovan Soviet Socialist Republic kusvika 1989, apo mutemo wakadzokera kune yakasarudzika, yechiLatin-based, alfabheti yechiRomania.