Maldivian, also known by its endonym Dhivehi (ދިވެހި, Dhivēhī, [d̪iʋehi]), is an Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European...
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Maharashtrian Konkani. Insular Indo-Aryan Sinhala: Vedda Maldivian: Dhivehi The following languages are otherwise unclassified within Indo-Aryan: Chinali–Lahul...
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history, culture and language. For ethnographic and linguistic purposes as well as geopolitical reasons, anthropologists divide the Maldivian people into three...
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Several Dhivehi scripts have been used by Maldivians during their history. The early Dhivehi scripts fell into the abugida category, while the more recent...
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of the Maldivian language in the Latin script varies from one scheme to another. The following are the major romanization methods for Maldivian: Mālē Leṭin...
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phonemic inventory of Maldivian (Dhivehi) consists of 29 consonants and 10 vowels. Like other modern Indo-Aryan languages the Maldivian phonemic inventory...
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the Buddha. The most closely-related languages to Sinhalese are the Vedda language and the Maldivian languages; the former is an endangered indigenous...
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The Maldivian diaspora refers to the community of Maldivians, speakers of the Maldivian language, who have either emigrated from the Republic of Maldives...
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Minicoy in Union territory of Lakshadweep, India Maldivian language ("Dhivehi language"), the language spoken in the historic region of the Maldive Islands...
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Maldives (redirect from Maldivian Republic)
name, call it Maldiva." The local name for Maldives by the Maldivian people in Dhivehi language is "Dhivehi Raajje", (Dhivehi: ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ). In the 6th–5th...
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Thaana (category Maldivian scripts)
Tãna, Taana or Tāna ( ތާނަ ) is the present writing system of the Maldivian language spoken in the Maldives. Thaana has characteristics of both an abugida...
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History of the Maldives (redirect from Maldivian history)
flourished. The Maldivian language, the first Maldive scripts, the architecture, the ruling institutions, and the customs and manners of the Maldivians originated...
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Ali (name) (category Maldivian-language surnames)
[ˈʕæli] Persian: [ʔæˈliː] Turkish: [aˈli] Urdu: [ʔəˈliː] Gender Unisex Language(s) Arabic (source), Amharic, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Bengali, Indonesian...
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Muhammad (name) (category Maldivian-language surnames)
Mohamed (disambiguation), various people Ismail Mohamed (born 1980), Maldivian footballer Kassim Mohamed, Kenyan Canadian Magid Mohamed (born 1985),...
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Malé Latin (redirect from Maldivian Latin)
Dhivehi Latin or Maldivian Latin, known colloquially as Malé Latin or Nasiri Latin, is a Latin Maldivian alphabet briefly mandated in the Maldives from...
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Maldivian Sign Language (MvSL) is a sign language that was developed, largely spontaneously, by deaf children in a number of schools in Maldives in the...
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characters from the Dhives Akuru script, which was used for writing the Maldivian language up until the 20th century. The following Unicode-related documents...
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Old Dhivehi (category Maldivian language)
Old Dhivehi is the earliest attested form of the Maldivian language, with records found in the Loamaafaanu from the 12th and 13th centuries CE, as well...
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Cinema of Maldives (category CS1 Divehi-language sources (dv))
The Cinema of Maldives is the Maldivian language film industry based in Male', Maldives. The dominant style of Maldivian cinema is melodramatic cinema...
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DV (category Articles containing Icelandic-language text)
by the Second Vatican Council Deo volente, Latin for 'God willing' Maldivian language, and dialects Dhivehi and Mahl (ISO 639-1 alpha-2 code DV) Albatros...
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Maldivian English is an English dialect spoken in the Maldives, where it is predominantly used as a second language. The dialect has also been called...
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sound that has been reported to occur as a diaphoneme of /ʂ/ in the Maldivian language. Although the tongue starts out in a sub-apical retroflex position...
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Dhivehi Language Academy (Dhivehi: ދިވެހިބަހުގެ އެކެޑަމީ, romanized: Dhivehibahuge Ekedamee), is the national academy for promoting the Dhivehi language in...
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Rashid (name) (category Maldivian-language surnames)
Rachid (born 1971), Moroccan ex-Muslim Abdullah Rasheed (born 1952), Maldivian former leader of the World Scouts Association Adil Rashid (born 1988)...
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Ogham (redirect from Ogham Irish language)
Welsh language. Ogham inscription Primitive Irish Runic alphabet Scottish Gaelic alphabet Star Carr Pendant Thaana — Script used to write the Maldivian language...
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Ibrahim (name) (category Maldivian-language surnames)
Chundrigar (1897–1960), Pakistani politician Ibrahim Fazeel (born 1980), Maldivian footballer Ibrahim Ferrer (1927–2005), Afro-Cuban singer Ibrahim Ghosheh...
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Hussein (category Maldivian-language surnames)
Persian language contexts, the transliterations Ḥosayn, Hosayn, or Hossein are sometimes used. In the transliteration of Indo-Aryan languages, the forms...
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Dhives Akuru (category Maldivian scripts)
Akuru, later called Dhivehi Akuru (meaning Maldivian letters) is a script formerly used for the Maldivian language. The name can be alternatively spelled...
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Mahl writing systems (category Maldivian scripts)
dialects of Maldivian language, the Mahl dialect (Maliku bas) has notable differences in its writing system. Like speakers of the other Maldivian dialects...
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Moosa (category Maldivian-language surnames)
1957), South African politician Ahmed Shafeeq Ibrahim Moosa (born 1968), Maldivian scientist and politician Naushad Moosa (born 1971), Indian footballer...
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