1395:("Dhivehi/Maldivian letters") which are written from left to right. Dhives Akuru were used in all of the islands between the conversion to Islam and until the 18th century. These ancient Maldivian letters were also used in official correspondence with Addu Atoll until the early 20th century. Perhaps they were used in some isolated islands and rural communities until the 1960s, but the last remaining native user died in the 1990s. Today Maldivians rarely learn the Dhives Akuru alphabet, for Arabic is favoured as the second script.
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1650:, which was quickly implemented by the administration. Booklets were printed and dispatched to all Atoll and Island Offices, as well as schools and merchant liners. This was seen by many as the effective demise of the Thaana script. Clarence Maloney, an American anthropologist who was in the Maldives at the time of the change, lamented the inconsistencies of the "Dhivehi Latin" which ignored all previous linguistic research on the Maldivian language done by H.C.P. Bell and Wilhelm Geiger. He wondered why the modern
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2709:). The extent to which loan words are used varies between speakers, depending on their contacts with that language. Thus, those who have had an English education will tend to use a larger number of English words, while an average speaker with little or no contact with English will tend to use just a few. Some of these adopted words have now become so much part of the Maldivian language that there seem to be no other words that could replace them.
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974:(1856–1943). In Geiger's comparative study of Maldivian and Sinhalese, he assumes that Maldivian is a dialectal offspring of Sinhalese and therefore is a "daughter language" of Sinhalese. However, the material he collected was not sufficient to judge the "degree of relationship" of Maldivian and Sinhalese.
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According to Sonja Fritz, "the dialects of
Maldivian represent different diachronial stages in the development of the language. Especially in the field of morphology, the amount of archaic features steadily increase from the north to the south. Within the three southernmost atolls (of the Maldives),
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Geiger concludes that
Maldivian must have split from Sinhalese not earlier than the 10th century CE. However, there is nothing in the history of these islands or Sinhalese chronicles, even in legendary form, that alludes to a migration of Sinhalese people which would result in such a connection.
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The literacy rate of the
Maldives is very high (98%) compared to other South Asian countries. Since the 1960s English has become the medium of education in most schools although they still have Maldivian language classes, but Maldivian is still the language used for the overall administration.
3638:މާއްދާ 1 - ހުރިހާ އިންސާނުން ވެސް އުފަންވަނީ، ދަރަޖަ އާއި ޙައްޤު ތަކުގައި މިނިވަންކަމާއި ހަމަހަމަކަން ލިބިގެންވާ ބައެއްގެ ގޮތުގައެވެ. އެމީހުންނަށް ހެޔޮ ވިސްނުމާއި ހެޔޮ ބުއްދީގެ ބާރު ލިބިގެން ވެއެވެ. އަދި އެމީހުން އެކަކު އަނެކަކާ މެދު މުއާމަލާތް ކުރަންވާނީ އުޚުއްވަތްތެރި ކަމުގެ ރޫހެއް ގައެވެ.
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Spoken
Maldivian, for instance, has twenty-seven consonants. In contrast, written or literary Maldivian includes some Arabic sounds as well. Though these sounds are also used in speaking, their phonetics are not strictly observed. This results in pronunciation as close as possible to spoken
622:. Each of these atolls has its own distinct dialect often thought to be interconnected with each other while being widely different from the dialect spoken in the northern atolls. The southern dialects are so distinct that those only speaking northern dialects cannot understand them.
1259:, etc.), was abolished from official documents in by Muhammad Amin in 1950. Ṇaviyani's former position in the Thaana alphabet, between the letters Gaafu and Seenu, is today occupied by the palatal nasal Ñaviyani (ޏ). It is still seen in reprints of traditional old books like the
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The
Maldivian language has multiple dialects due to the wide distribution of the islands, causing differences in pronunciation and vocabulary to develop during the centuries. The most divergent dialects of the language are to be found in the southern atolls, namely
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māddā 1 - hurihā insānun ves ufanvanī, darajaʾāi ḥaqqu takugai minivankamāi hamahamakan libigenvā baʾegge gotugaʾeve. Emīhunnaʾ heyo visnumāi heyo buddīge bāru libigenveʾeve. Adi emīhun ekaku anekakā medu muāmalāt kuranvānī uk͟huvvatteri kamuge rūheʾ
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Article 1 – All human-beings also are born, ranking and rights' in freedom and equality acquired people like. Them to good thinking and good brain's endowment acquired is. And they one another to communicate do should brotherhood's spirit
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The
Maldivian language has had its own script since very ancient times, most likely over two millennia, when Maldivian Buddhist monks translated and copied the Buddhist scriptures. It used to be written in the earlier form (Evēla) of the
950:
Maldivian is an Indo-Aryan language of the
Sinhalese-Maldivian subfamily. It developed in relative isolation from other languages until the 12th century. Since the 16th century, Maldivian has been written in a unique script called
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Fritz also adds that "the different classes of verb conjugation and nominal inflection are best preserved there, morphological simplifications and, as a consequence increasing from atoll to atoll towards north (in the
Maldives)".
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took power in 1978. There was widespread relief in certain places, especially rural areas, where the introduction of Latin had been regarded with suspicion. However, the Latin transcription of 1976 continues to be widely used.
947:) of the 12th and 13th centuries. Earlier inscriptions on coral stone have also been found. The oldest inscription found to date is an inscription on a coral stone, which is estimated to be from around the 6th-8th centuries.
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Whereas formerly
Maldivian was thought to be a descendant of Sinhalese, in 1969 Sinhalese philologist M. W. S. de Silva for the first time proposed that Maldivian and Sinhalese had branched off from a common mother language.
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The origins of Thaana are unique among the world's alphabets: The first nine letters (h–v) are derived from the Arabic numerals, whereas the next nine (m–d) were the local Indic numerals. (See
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words and is sometimes considered to be linguistically closer to
Sinhalese than the other dialects of Maldivian. The Huvadhu dialect can be separated into two subdialects, the eastern and western Huvadhu
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in Maldivian is not as rigid as in English, though changes in the order of words in a sentence may convey subtle differences in meaning. To ask for some fish in a market, one uses the following words:
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had not been considered. Standard Indic is a consistent script system that is well adapted to writing almost all languages of South Asia. However, this scheme lacks a few sounds used in Maldivian.
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Different islands due to distance have a slight variation in speech.Such as the huvadhu accent which from islands from thinadhoo to gadhoo have differences even though it's the same accent
1139:), which is absent from the other dialects of Maldivian. Another characteristic is the 'o' sound at the end of words, instead of the final 'u' common in all other forms of Maldivian; e.g.
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languages. Like other modern Indo-Aryan languages the Maldivian phonemic inventory shows an opposition of long and short vowels, of dental and retroflex consonants, and of single and
1425:.) The remaining letters for loanwords (t–z) and Arabic transliteration are derived from phonetically similar native consonants by means of diacritics, with the exception of y (
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Article 1 – All human beings are born free and equal in ranking and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
3333:, Persian and Arabic made a significant impact on Maldivian. It borrowed extensively from both languages, especially terms related to Islam and the judiciary. Some examples follow:
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3702:. This unit is based in the main building, constructed in 1998. For the first time in the history of Lakshadweep, Maldivian was brought into the field of typography.
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However, the Huvadhu Atoll dialect is characterized by the highest degree of archaicity. From Huvadhu Atoll the archaic features decrease toward the south and north.
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There are different ways by which loanwords are naturalised in Maldivian. This depends on whether the loanword refers to a person, a thing, or some kind of action.
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Maldivian uses two numeral systems. Both of them are identical up to 30. After 30, however, one system places the unit numeral stem before the decade, for example,
878:. Maldivian represents the southernmost Indo-Aryan language. Maldivian and Sinhalese together constitute a subgroup within the modern Indo-Aryan languages, called
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machines in the local administration. This was viewed as great progress, but the local Thaana script was deemed to be an obstacle because messages on the
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as their lingua franca. Hence, when for example one of these islanders of any of the Huvadhu islands met with someone from Fuvahmulah, they would use
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The Maldivian verbal system is characterised by a derivational relationship between active, causative and involitive/intransitive verb forms.
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the dialect of the Addu islands which form the southern tip of the whole archipelago is characterized by the highest degree of archaicity".
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in general is a mark to indicate an abrupt stop (vowel deletion) on the sound of the letter on which it is placed. However, if it is on a
1206:. In the past, Addu Atoll being a centre of education, the islanders from the three atolls of the south who acquired education there used
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Maldivian is now written using a different script, called Taana or Thaana, written from right to left. This script is relatively recent.
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One of the very important things one has to take into account in written Maldivian which is not so important in spoken Maldivian is the ‘
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is that, unlike other dialects, it distinguishes gender. Also, there are many remarkable differences in the dialect in place of the
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Inherent in the Maldivian language is a form of elaborate class distinction expressed through three levels: The highest level, the
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656:, but not mutually intelligible with it. Many languages have influenced the development of Dhivehi through the ages. They include
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occurs at the end of a word, it indicates that the word ends in a glottal stop. Gemination of nasals, however, is indicated by
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of the Maldivian language), which is the official spelling as well as the common usage in the Maldives. Dhivehi is written in
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a strict word order also has to be maintained, but in spoken Maldivian word order is not considered to be very rigid.
351:
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1061:. The other variants show less difference to the official dialect, including the dialects spoken in a few islands in
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script: With a few minor exceptions, spelling can be predicted from pronunciation, and pronunciation from spelling.
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2402:'31' ("thirty + one"). The latter system also has numerals multiplied by ten for decades 70, 80 and 90. The decade
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Portuguese influence in the language can be seen from the period of Portuguese colonial power in the region:
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227:
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Speakers of Maldivian use a great many loanwords from many languages in their everyday conversation (see §
712:. Before European colonization of the Southern Hemisphere, it was the southernmost Indo-European language.
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was added to the name of the language— "Dhivehi"— in 1976, when the semi-official transliteration called
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English words are also commonly used in the spoken language, for example "phone", "note", "radio", and
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The nominal system of Maldivian comprises nouns, pronouns, adjectives and numerals as parts of speech.
1271:. It is also used by people of southern atolls when writing songs or poetry in their language variant.
449:
4042:
2396:"one and thirty") while the other combines the stem of the decade with the unit numeral, for example,
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The Maldivian language has four notable dialects. The standard dialect is that of the capital city of
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Regarding syntax, it may be said that every sentence in written Maldivian ends with the addition of
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1982:
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is the most widespread of the dialects of Maldivian. However, the secessionist government of the
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1089:
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653:
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4043:"The Dhivehi Language: A Descriptive and Historical Grammar of Dhivehi and Its Dialects. 2 vols"
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Production of note books for the department of Education and Jawahar Navodaya School at Minicoy.
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system as well as the vowel or diacritical system following a distinctive set of rules. The
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and was once pronounced that way in official Maldivian. One of the most unusual features of
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The Divehi Language: A Descriptive and Historical Grammar of the Maldivian and its Dialects
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A variety of word processors are used to write Maldivian. Among them, the most popular is
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is also quite different from the official form of Maldivian and has some affinities with
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Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020).
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Following this, in 1976 the government approved a new official Latin transliteration,
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and more recently, English (in particular many scientific and technological terms).
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Maldivian presents another aspect with which English speakers are not too familiar:
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The Maldive Islanders - A Study of the Popular Culture of an Ancient Ocean Kingdom
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and comes within the word, the following consonant is geminated; if it comes on a
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696:(a vessel for inter-atoll navigation) are anglicised forms of the Maldivian words
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The Maldive Islanders: A Study of the Popular Culture of an Ancient Ocean Kingdom
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The Maldive Islanders: A Study of the Popular Culture of an Ancient Ocean Kingdom
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prints texts in Maldivian, among other languages. The press also publishes the
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for short vowels (a, i, u, e, o), with the first three being identical to the
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1000:, which is celebrated in the Maldives on 14 April, the birthday of the writer
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Maldives is completely absent from the pre-12th century records of Sri Lanka.
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4354:, Christopher Hanby Baillie (1974). "Buddhism and the Maldivian Language".
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The foundation of the historical linguistic analysis of both Maldivian and
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1082:) and is based on the dialect spoken in the capital of the Maldives, Malé.
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If the loanword refers to a person, the following suffixes can be used:
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1151:. Regarding pronunciation, the retroflex 'ṣ' (IPA ), has a sound in the
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757:, which is currently present in many names of Maldivian islands, such as
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A rare Maliku Thaana primer written in the Maliku dialect, published by
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De Silva, M W S (1970). "Some Observations on the History of Dhivehi".
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at the end of a word, it signifies the glottal stop; if it comes on a
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Some of the most commonly used words of this kind are the following:
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Among some of the most common words of this kind are the following:
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The government reinstated the Thaana script shortly after President
610:. The greatest dialectal variation exists in the southern atolls of
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1914:
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963:(with which it shares several common diacritics for vowel sounds).
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were originally derived from Old Indo-Aryan vernaculars related to
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Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Colombo
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If the loanword refers to some kind of action, the Maldivian word
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in three languages on a regular basis: Maldivian, English and
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The following is a sample text in Maldivian, Article 1 of the
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2697:(to me) may be dropped wherever the context makes it obvious.
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Maldivian uses mainly the Thaana script for writing. It is an
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Undertaking printing work from the public on a payment basis.
3047:(future) is added after it, if it is done intentionally, and
1601:" (most commonly used, such as when romanising place names).
4601:
4335:, The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, p. xxiv, 261
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has developed as an independent phoneme from the diphthong
1531:). Long vowels (aa, ee, oo, ey, oa) are denoted by doubled
1368:, the sound is replaced by a y off-glide; if it comes on a
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Maldivian is an Indo-Aryan language closely related to the
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characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see
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Historical and Linguistic Survey of the Dhivehi Language
3921:. ISO 639-2 Registration Authority – Library of Congress
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Geiger, Wilhem (2001). "Maldivian Linguistic Studies".
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is the lesser known dialect in the Madifushi island of
4008:
Dhivehi (Maldivian): A Synchronic and Diachronic Study
3946:. ISO 639-3 Registration Authority – SIL International
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Buddhist Studies in Honour of I. B. Horner, Dordrecht
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A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language
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Divehi (Maldivian): A Synchronic and Diachronic study
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The Maldivian Script. Volume One. (Divehi Akuru – 1)
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Minicoy Language Primer (Maliku Taana – Devana Foiy)
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If the loanword refers to a thing, the suffixes are
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Printing Maldivian textbooks for Standards I to IV.
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1952:The short open back vowel is phonetically central
1537:, except oa, which is a modification of the short
1372:at the end of a word, it indicates a velar nasal.
1179:, spoken by the inhabitants of the large atoll of
1120:is a dialect of Maldivian spoken by the people of
1065:Atoll and the now obsolete dialect once spoken in
889:Prakrit of ancient and medieval Sri Lanka. These
4432:, Final Report. University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
4252:Transactions of the Philological Society, London
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3168:= canceling (on its own) i.e. getting cancelled
2408:'60' ("five twelves"), comes from a much older
1631:'s tenure, the Maldivian government introduced
1244:The letter Ṇaviyani (ޱ), which represented the
885:Maldivian and Sinhalese are descended from the
882:. However, they are not mutually intelligible.
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4364:Reynolds, Christopher Hanby Baillie (2003),
4235:. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 21–25.
4047:The Journal of the American Oriental Society
1694:and contains about 5000 individual entries.
4462:Unicode standard for Middle Eastern scripts
3944:"Documentation for ISO 639 identifier: div"
3919:"Documentation for ISO 639 identifier: div"
3285:. Unsourced material may be challenged and
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4286:Sri Lanka – Maldivian Cultural Affinities
4024:Proposal to encode Dives Akuru in Unicode
3690:Founded in 1984, the Mahal Unit Press at
3305:Learn how and when to remove this message
1069:, which are hardly recognised and known.
120:Learn how and when to remove this message
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1627:Towards the mid-1970s, during President
1173:, which are unique only to this dialect.
27:Indo-Aryan national language of Maldives
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3518:Maldivian has also borrowed words from
858:was developed. Today the spelling with
690:(a ring of coral islands or reefs) and
633:(spelled according to the locally used
475:question marks, boxes, or other symbols
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4167:Romero-Frias, Xavier (10 April 2003).
4123:"Dhivehi Language Day in the Maldives"
1459:– unless the Indic numerals were (see
1431:), which is derived from combining an
1251:sound common to many Indic languages (
629:, is occasionally found in English as
170:"Dhivehi" written in the Thaana script
4233:Dhivehi: The Language of the Maldives
4226:
4224:
3630:Universal Declaration of Human Rights
1594:preceding the nasal to be geminated.
1076:is the mainstream Maldivian dialect (
985:'s administration during the time of
625:The ethnic endonym for the language,
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7:
4021:Pandey, Anshuman (23 January 2018).
4010:(Thesis). Cornell Univ. . p. 1.
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1032:and a semi-official language in the
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1690:, was published on 22 July 2003 by
1570:of the following consonant; and if
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4663:Baa Atoll UNESCO biosphere reserve
4192:"Maldivian language and alphabets"
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1688:Christopher Hanby Baillie Reynolds
1662:to romanize Maldivian in his book
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4428:Wijesundera; et al. (1988),
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6703:(unknown further classification)
4231:Gnanadesikan, Amalia E. (2017).
3972:(9th ed.). Chambers. 2003.
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1940:is the vowel sign denoting "é".
1745:
1472:Thaana, like Arabic, is written
1265:and official documents like the
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6846:Languages written in Devanagari
4288:, Academy of Sri Lankan Culture
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2338:Nouns in Maldivian inflect for
1236:and has some similarities with
1226:in its official correspondence.
45:needs additional citations for
3126:= has been cancelled/cancelled
1652:Standard Indic transliteration
1597:Maldivian is also written in "
773:came from the Sanskrit suffix
1:
6851:Subject–object–verb languages
6826:Southern Indo-Aryan languages
4409:Romero-Frias, Xavier (2012),
4217:People of the Maldive Islands
3726:open-source Unicode typefaces
1639:could only be written in the
1286:Spoken and literary varieties
836:means "islanders' language".
724:, meaning "island dwelling".
4394:, Nova Ethnographia Indica,
4331:Manik, Hassan Ahmed (2000),
4315:, Cambridge University Press
3437:– "date" or "history" (from
1932:denoting absence of a vowel.
3672:Translation (grammatical):
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648:Dhivehi is a descendant of
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4588:2008 Multi-party democracy
4445:English–Dhivehi Dictionary
4411:Folk Tales of the Maldives
4341:Muhammad, Naseema (1999),
3956:Dhivehi, Divehi, Maldivian
3931:Divehi; Dhivehi; Maldivian
3013:Words referring to actions
2716:Words referring to persons
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652:and is closely related to
6831:Languages of the Maldives
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2885:Words referring to things
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1382:Maldivian writing systems
1016:and a variation of it in
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744:, 'island') later became
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332:Official language in
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6581:Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit
4689:Administrative divisions
4593:2011–13 political crisis
4568:1988 coup d'état attempt
4563:1968 republic referendum
4558:1953 monarchy referendum
4553:1952 republic referendum
4456:Mahal Unit Press Minicoy
3503:– "hunting spear" (from
3482:– "tickle-tickle" (from
3317:Maldivian contains many
1463:). The Thaana alphabet (
996:There is a holiday, the
4372:, London, p. 412,
4343:Dhivehi Writing Systems
4311:Crystal, David (2000),
4041:Gair, James W. (2007).
3970:The Chambers Dictionary
3663:Gloss (word-for-word):
3418:– "non-believer" (from
1214:to talk to each other.
1008:Geographic distribution
825:) means "language", so
306:until the 19th century
191:Minicoy Island (Maliku)
6789:Indo-Iranian languages
4606:
4366:A Maldivian Dictionary
4301:Cain, Bruce D (2000),
3833:Topics related to the
3754:Maldives Sign Language
3681:Information technology
3509:
3321:from other languages.
3098:= cancel (as an order)
3059:(present continuous),
3029:(present continuous),
1684:A Maldivian Dictionary
1106:in union territory of
955:which is written from
930:
511:
463:This article contains
6459:Maharashtrian Konkani
4605:
4284:Vitharana, V (1987),
4260:Fritz, Sonja (2002),
4030:. Unicode. p. 5.
3329:After the arrival of
2818:direktaru, dairektaru
1617:Latin transliteration
1423:Hindu–Arabic numerals
1086:Haddhunmathee dialect
918:
494:
321:Dhivehi Sign Language
6747:Andaman Creole Hindi
6178:Bishnupriya Manipuri
5998:Caribbean Hindustani
5006:Indo-Aryan languages
3724:Freely downloadable
3279:improve this section
2751:) + eh = a waiter (
1560:; when it carries a
1128:has word-final 'l' (
998:Dhivehi Language Day
684:. The English words
508:Das Buch der Schrift
69:"Maldivian language"
54:improve this article
6794:Nuristani languages
6526:Mitanni superstrate
5132:Wotapuri-Katarqalai
4143:Xavier Romero-Frias
4070:"Language: Dhivehi"
4000:B. D, Cain (2000).
3732:and MPH 2B Damase.
3541:Some common phrases
3331:Islam in South Asia
3065:(present perfect),
3035:(present perfect),
3000:paarisalu/paarusalu
2766:) + un = waiters (
1966:
1724:
1707:Maldivian phonology
1660:Xavier Romero-Frias
1413:. It is a largely
991:Xavier Romero Frías
577:Indo-Aryan language
212:500,000 (2022)
6836:Languages of India
6821:Maldivian language
6680:Proto-Indo-Iranian
6561:Early Ardhamagadhi
4803:Telecommunications
4653:Towns and villages
4607:
4215:Clarence Maloney.
3458:– "giraffe" (from
3367:– "fasting" (from
3243:in everyday life.
2374:Nominal morphology
1964:
1912:is the vowel sign
1884:is the vowel sign
1722:
1517:Arabic vowel signs
931:
880:Insular Indo-Aryan
583:island country of
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247:Insular Indo-Aryan
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6799:Iranian languages
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6586:Dramatic Prakrits
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6246:Rajbanshi (Nepal)
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5799:list of languages
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4882:COVID-19 pandemic
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4744:Political parties
4709:Foreign relations
4671:
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4583:2005 civil unrest
4578:2004 Black Friday
4573:2003 civil unrest
4420:978-87-7694-105-5
4390:, Xavier (1999),
3879:
3878:
3696:Lakshadweep Times
3621:
3620:
3397:Classical Persian
3369:Classical Persian
3346:Classical Persian
3344:– "prayer" (from
3315:
3314:
3307:
2560:mas vikkaa mashah
2522:mas mashah vikkaa
2484:mashah mas vikkaa
2416:Verbal morphology
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2013:
1898:is the vowel sign
1876:
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1658:has been used by
1509:. There are five
1320:’ on the letters
1230:Madifushi dialect
1222:(1959–1963) used
1191:also retains old
1169:dialect also has
1002:Husain Salahuddin
786:and later became
572:[d̪iʋehi]
489:
488:
471:rendering support
467:phonetic symbols.
352:Regulated by
130:
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6685:Proto-Indo-Aryan
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6464:Canarese Konkani
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6752:Bombay Hindi
6694:Unclassified
6591:Ardhamagadhi
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6418:Berar Deccan
6272:Chittagonian
6265:Chittagonian
5758:Vaagri Booli
5723:Pauri Bareli
5718:Palya Bareli
5683:Dhodia–Kukna
5557:Parkari Koli
5370:Northwestern
5060:Kundal Shahi
4908:
4867:Demographics
4775:Economic aid
4733:(parliament)
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4714:Human rights
4699:Constitution
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3537:("shorts").
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3487:guili-guili)
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3325:Word origins
3316:
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3292:
3277:Please help
3265:
3240:aadhaige bas
3224:
3199:
3016:
3003:), ticket (
2997:), parcel (
2960:
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2888:
2875:), servant (
2827:), driver (
2821:), doctor (
2809:), cashier (
2778:
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2684:sell me fish
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2399:thirees-ekeh
2385:
2377:
2364:instrumental
2340:definiteness
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1719:consonants.
1710:
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1683:
1681:
1668:
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1645:
1641:Latin script
1626:
1596:
1554:glottal stop
1545:
1522:fatha, kasra
1498:
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1411:Arabic abjad
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1224:Malé dialect
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1216:Addu dialect
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1212:Addu dialect
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1208:Addu dialect
1207:
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1200:Addu dialect
1199:
1188:
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1176:
1171:nasal vowels
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1099:
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1090:Haddhunmathi
1085:
1074:Malé dialect
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52:Please help
47:verification
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18:Mahl dialect
6740:and creoles
6722:Lahul Lohar
6601:Maharashtri
6198:Mal Paharia
6188:Kharia Thar
5830:Braj Bhasha
3968:"Dhivehi".
3769:Asia portal
3569:Shukuriyyaa
3140:= cancelled
3112:= canceling
3071:(past) and
3053:(present),
3023:(present),
2973:), cable (
2866:purodiusaru
2833:), guard (
2785:), agent (
2405:fas dholhas
2247:Approximant
1965:Consonants
1926:is the sign
1546:The letter
1298:Maldivian.
1234:Kolhumadulu
1145:instead of
1131:laamu sukun
1108:Lakshadweep
1063:Kolhumadulu
1038:Lakshadweep
983:Lakshadweep
911:Old Dhivehi
844:linguistics
833:dhivehi bas
650:Elu Prakrit
593:Lakshadweep
581:South Asian
562:; Dhivehi:
500: [
477:instead of
283:Old Dhivehi
6815:Categories
6643:Apabhraṃśa
6629:Apabhraṃśa
6606:Shauraseni
6322:Bodo Parja
6307:Sambalpuri
6239:Goalpariya
6213:Tanchangya
6203:Noakhailla
6128:Bote-Darai
5939:Fiji Hindi
5908:Sadhukkadi
5879:Judeo-Urdu
5845:Hindustani
5635:Shekhawati
5577:Rajasthani
5562:Saurashtra
5287:Bhadarwahi
5117:Gawar-Bati
4929:Newspapers
4792:(currency)
4785:Industries
4458:(archived)
4447:(archived)
4201:7 February
4128:3 November
3883:References
3871:Literature
3861:Devanagari
3686:Typography
3611:Ekuveriyaa
3603:އެކުވެރިޔާ
3575:Thank you
3561:ޝުކުރިއްޔާ
3505:Portuguese
3247:Vocabulary
3234:reethi bas
3083:"cancel":
3041:(past) or
2985:), coat (
2979:), cake (
2967:), bill (
2927:= a car (
2900:indefinite
2860:opareytaru
2842:inspektaru
2812:keyshiyaru
2806:bodeegaadu
2794:embesedaru
2731:indefinite
2707:Vocabulary
2430:word order
2424:Word order
2410:duodecimal
2389:eh-thirees
2344:nominative
2329:Morphology
1678:Dictionary
1623:Malé Latin
1607:Devanāgarī
1599:Malé Latin
1568:gemination
1246:retroflex
1122:Fuvahmulah
1114:loanwords.
1088:spoken in
1055:Fuvahmulah
856:Malé Latin
828:ދިވެހިބަސް
678:Portuguese
635:Malé Latin
620:Fuvahmulah
277:Early form
238:Indo-Aryan
201:Maldivians
110:March 2018
80:newspapers
6729:Sheikhgal
6673:languages
6638:Abahattha
6618:Paishachi
6519:Classical
6484:Maldivian
6256:Surjapuri
6222:Kamarupic
6124:Kuswaric
5986:Bhojpuric
5774:Khandeshi
5307:Chambeali
5302:Bilaspuri
5199:Mankiyali
5127:Shumashti
5122:Nangalami
5034:Kishtwari
4872:Education
4813:Transport
4749:President
4719:Judiciary
4704:Elections
4614:Geography
4543:Dynasties
4538:Sultanate
4370:Routledge
4078:Glottolog
4074:Glottolog
3903:Glottolog
3898:"Dhivehi"
3846:Phonology
3730:FreeSerif
3700:Malayalam
3646:ISO 15919
3479:gili-gili
3319:loanwords
3295:July 2022
3266:does not
3228:maaiy bas
3216:= booking
2964:baisikalu
2961:bicycle (
2951:kaaruthah
2948:= cars (
2854:ministaru
2848:meneyjaru
2830:duraivaru
2800:aakitektu
2701:Loanwords
2691:The word
2186:Fricative
2069:Affricate
1988:Retroflex
1713:Dravidian
1701:Phonology
1692:Routledge
1656:ISO 15919
1558:diphthong
1353:shaviyani
1341:shaviyani
1329:shaviyani
1292:diglossia
1220:Suvadives
1196:dialects.
1193:Sinhalese
1112:Malayalam
1067:Giraavaru
1040:, India.
993:in 2003.
968:Sinhalese
876:Sri Lanka
872:Sinhalese
722:divu-vesi
716:Etymology
654:Sinhalese
575:), is an
422:Glottolog
406:ISO 639-3
388:ISO 639-2
370:ISO 639-1
197:Ethnicity
142:Maldivian
6785:See also
6767:Nefamese
6762:Nagamese
6653:Kamarupi
6613:Gāndhārī
6570:Middle (
6509:Sanskrit
6447:Konkanic
6396:Marathic
6386:Marathi–
6378:Southern
6282:Rohingya
6251:Rangpuri
6229:Assamese
6193:Kurmukar
6171:dialects
6151:Kamarupa
6035:Maithili
6028:Maithili
5993:Bhojpuri
5898:Kannauji
5860:Hinglish
5840:Haryanvi
5605:Dhundari
5545:Wadiyara
5527:Jandavra
5522:Gujarati
5509:Gujarati
5431:Khetrani
5396:dialects
5352:Sirmauri
5332:Jaunsari
5322:Mandeali
5317:Pangwali
5297:Bhateali
5254:Garhwali
5213:Northern
5179:Chilisso
5055:Brokskat
5029:Kashmiri
5022:Kashmiri
4964:Category
4924:Diaspora
4909:Language
4818:Airports
4790:Rufiyaa
4739:Military
4677:Politics
4658:Wildlife
4631:Channels
4548:Monarchs
4528:Buddhism
4523:Folklore
4502:articles
4498:Maldives
4352:Reynolds
4270:citation
3748:See also
3554:English
3384:hā–"yes"
2994:kauntaru
2910:: plural
2902:singular
2878:saaventu
2872:saajentu
2769:veitarun
2760:waiter (
2754:veitareh
2745:waiter (
2740:: plural
2438:(to me)
2382:Numerals
2368:emphatic
2360:locative
2356:genitive
2352:ablative
1983:Alveolar
1717:geminate
1443:) and a
1415:phonemic
1407:alphabet
1268:Rādavaḷi
1253:Gujarati
1079:bahuruva
1044:Dialects
1030:Maldives
1014:Maldives
938:lōmāfānu
924:lōmāfānu
891:Prakrits
759:Hanimādū
730:Sanskrit
645:script.
637:for the
585:Maldives
483:Help:IPA
455:Maldives
429:dhiv1236
345:Maldives
250:Dhivehi–
187:Maldives
6841:Dhivehi
6738:Pidgins
6717:Chinali
6707:Bazigar
6701:Badeshi
6596:Magadhi
6572:Prakrit
6489:Sinhala
6477:Insular
6454:Konkani
6433:Katkari
6428:Phudagi
6408:Varhadi
6403:Marathi
6388:Konkani
6360:Bhunjia
6234:Kamrupi
6208:Sylheti
6166:Bengali
6159:Bengali
6120:Kumhali
6087:Kochila
6075:Tharuic
6066:Kurmali
6054:Sadanic
6045:Bajjika
6019:Khortha
5969:Eastern
5929:Bagheli
5917:Eastern
5874:Deccani
5850:Kauravi
5835:Bundeli
5823:Western
5815:Central
5784:Dawoodi
5779:Lambadi
5703:Bhilori
5673:Bhilali
5620:Marwari
5610:Harauti
5540:Parkari
5501:Western
5468:Kholosi
5463:Jadgali
5441:Saraiki
5391:Punjabi
5384:Eastern
5377:Punjabi
5347:Hinduri
5292:Churahi
5269:Western
5259:Kumaoni
5247:Central
5221:Eastern
5148:Kalasha
5141:Chitral
5096:Pashayi
5089:Pashayi
5065:Kalkoti
4948:Outline
4862:Culture
4857:Cuisine
4831:Society
4808:Tourism
4780:Fishing
4763:Economy
4694:Cabinet
4648:Islands
4636:Climate
4533:Koimala
4510:History
4176:12 June
4107:12 June
4083:9 March
3692:Minicoy
3656:gaʾeve.
3617:Friend
3465:zarāfah
3287:removed
3272:sources
3213:kuranee
3151:kuraane
3109:kuranee
3044:kuraane
3026:kuranee
2976:keybalu
2824:daktaru
2779:actor (
2444:(fish)
2324:Grammar
2155:
2003:Glottal
1993:Palatal
1937:Ebefili
1909:Ubufili
1895:Ibifili
1881:Abafili
1736:Central
1723:Vowels
1671:Maumoon
1611:Minicoy
1540:obofili
1181:Huvadhu
1051:Huvadhu
1018:Minicoy
959:, like
905:History
777:-वासिन्
682:English
666:Persian
631:Dhivehi
612:Huvadhu
587:and on
515:Dhivehi
479:Unicode
257:Dhivehi
252:Sinhala
156:dhivehi
137:Dhivehi
94:scholar
6671:Proto-
6627:Late (
6536:Middle
6438:Kadodi
6365:Nahari
6342:Halbic
6317:Bhatri
6277:Chakma
6183:Hajong
6149:Gauda–
6133:Danwar
6113:Others
6104:Musasa
6040:Angika
6014:Magahi
6007:Magahi
5978:Bihari
5948:Others
5924:Awadhi
5889:Rekhta
5864:Urdish
5794:Romani
5789:Domari
5767:Others
5748:Vasavi
5733:Pardhi
5713:Magari
5708:Mawchi
5698:Bauria
5688:Dhanki
5678:Chodri
5650:Nimadi
5640:Dhatki
5630:Mewari
5625:Mewati
5600:Gujari
5595:Loarki
5590:Goaria
5567:Vaghri
5488:Sindhi
5483:Memoni
5478:Luwati
5473:Kutchi
5455:Sindhi
5421:Hindko
5413:Lahnda
5357:Sarazi
5337:Kullui
5282:Kangri
5238:Nepali
5228:Doteli
5194:Tirahi
5189:Kalami
5174:Bateri
5153:Khowar
5112:Dameli
5075:Palula
5070:Ushoji
5014:Dardic
4919:Sports
4889:Emblem
4877:Health
4847:Anthem
4842:People
4730:Majlis
4626:Atolls
4518:Museum
4500:
4417:
4398:
4376:
3976:
3950:8 July
3925:8 July
3624:Sample
3484:French
3460:Arabic
3454:zarāfā
3444:tārīkh
3439:Arabic
3433:tārīkh
3420:Arabic
3414:kāfaru
3340:namādu
3204:book (
3187:kensal
3173:kensal
3159:kensal
3145:kensal
3131:kensal
3117:kensal
3103:kensal
3089:kensal
3080:kensal
3006:tiketu
2930:kaareh
2788:ejentu
2782:ektaru
2763:veitar
2748:veitar
2694:mashah
2663:mashah
2633:mashah
2579:mashah
2553:mashah
2545:vikkaa
2515:vikkaa
2507:mashah
2477:vikkaa
2461:mashah
2447:vikkaa
2435:mashah
2392:'31' (
2348:dative
2164:
2146:
2124:
2102:
2080:
1978:Dental
1973:Labial
1759:short
1753:short
1747:short
1501:vowels
1386:Thaana
1167:Mulaku
1092:Atoll.
961:Arabic
953:Thaana
945:grants
866:Origin
848:Divehi
783:-vāsin
765:, and
728:(from
680:, and
674:French
658:Arabic
643:Thaana
627:Divehi
564:ދިވެހި
519:Divehi
510:, 1880
342:
300:Thaana
149:ދިވެހި
96:
89:
82:
75:
67:
6772:Vedda
6544:Early
6514:Vedic
6423:Varli
6355:Kamar
6350:Halbi
6332:Kupia
6312:Desia
6099:Majhi
6092:Buksa
6082:Tharu
6061:Sadri
5955:Parya
5903:Sansi
5855:Hindi
5753:Wagdi
5743:Kalto
5738:Gamit
5693:Dubli
5668:Bhili
5615:Malvi
5585:Bagri
5535:Kachi
5531:Koli
5403:Sansi
5312:Gaddi
5277:Dogri
5233:Jumli
5184:Gowro
5105:Kunar
5050:Shina
5043:Shina
4955:Index
4914:Music
4904:Islam
4899:Names
4852:Crime
4028:(PDF)
3720:Fonts
3668:with.
3533:soatu
3524:Hindi
3510:lança
3499:lonsi
3424:kāfir
3352:namāz
3193:vaane
3179:vejje
3165:vanee
3123:koffi
3095:kurey
3074:vaane
3062:vejje
3056:vanee
3032:koffi
2988:koatu
2982:keyku
2945:uthah
2936:car (
2915:car (
2907:uthah
2836:gaadu
2666:to.me
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