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...

Maharashtrian Konkani. Insular Indo-Aryan Sinhala: Vedda Maldivian: Dhivehi The following languages are otherwise unclassified within Indo-Aryan: Chinali–Lahul...

history, culture and language. For ethnographic and linguistic purposes as well as geopolitical reasons, anthropologists divide the Maldivian people into three...

the Buddha. The most closely-related languages to Sinhalese are the Vedda language and the Maldivian languages; the former is an endangered indigenous...

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...

Minicoy in Union territory of Lakshadweep, India Maldivian language ("Dhivehi language"), the language spoken in the historic region of the Maldive Islands...

Several Dhivehi scripts have been used by Maldivians during their history. The early Dhivehi scripts fell into the abugida category, while the more recent...

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...

phonemic inventory of Maldivian (Dhivehi) consists of 29 consonants and 10 vowels. Like other modern Indo-Aryan languages the Maldivian phonemic inventory...

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...

[ˈʕæli] Persian: [ʔæˈliː] Turkish: [aˈli] Urdu: [ʔəˈliː] Gender Unisex Language(s) Arabic (source), Amharic, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Bengali, Indonesian...

flourished. The Maldivian language, the first Maldive scripts, the architecture, the ruling institutions, and the customs and manners of the Maldivians originated...

Mohamed (disambiguation), various people Ismail Mohamed (born 1980), Maldivian footballer Kassim Mohamed, Kenyan Canadian Magid Mohamed (born 1985),...

The Maldivian diaspora refers to the community of Maldivians, speakers of the Maldivian language, who have either emigrated from the Republic of Maldives...

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...

Dhivehi Language Academy (Dhivehi: ދިވެހިބަހުގެ އެކެޑަމީ, romanized: Dhivehibahuge Ekedamee), is the national academy for promoting the Dhivehi language in...

Rachid (born 1971), Moroccan ex-Muslim Abdullah Rasheed (born 1952), Maldivian former leader of the World Scouts Association Adil Rashid (born 1988)...

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...

Chundrigar (1897–1960), Pakistani politician Ibrahim Fazeel (born 1980), Maldivian footballer Ibrahim Ferrer (1927–2005), Afro-Cuban singer Ibrahim Ghosheh...

Welsh language. Ogham inscription Primitive Irish Runic alphabet Scottish Gaelic alphabet Star Carr Pendant Thaana — Script used to write the Maldivian language...

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...

Hassen, Yemeni Guantanamo detainee Mohammed Waheed Hassan (born 1953), Maldivian politician – president of the Maldives Mohd Fareed Shah Hassan (born 1979)...

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...

Hasan Manikufaan ranks as the most important major littérateur in the Maldivian language. Addu Bandeyri Hasan Manikufaan wrote Dhiyoage Raivaru. Other poets...

"Dhivehi Latin" which ignored all previous linguistic research on the Maldivian language and did not follow the modern Standard Indic transliteration. At the...

Dhivehi Latin or Maldivian Latin, known colloquially as Malé Latin or Nasiri Latin, is a Latin Maldivian alphabet briefly mandated in the Maldives from...

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...

Persian language contexts, the transliterations Ḥosayn, Hosayn, or Hossein are sometimes used. In the transliteration of Indo-Aryan languages, the forms...

The Maldivian rufiyaa (Dhivehi: ދިވެހި ރުފިޔާ; sign: Rf or ރ; code: MVR) is the currency of the Maldives. The issuance of the currency is controlled by...

Akuru, later called Dhivehi Akuru (meaning Maldivian letters) is a script formerly used for the Maldivian language. The name can be alternatively spelled...