
They include Arabic, Urdu/ Hindustani, Persian, Tamil, French, Portuguese, and English.

Many languages have influenced the development of Dhivehi through the ages. Dhivehi is written in Thaana script.ĭhivehi is a descendant of Elu Prakrit and is closely related to Sinhalese, but not mutually intelligible with it. The ethnic endonym for the language, Divehi, is occasionally found in English as Dhivehi (spelled according to the locally used Malé Latin for romanisation of the Maldivian language), which is the official spelling as well as the common usage in the Maldives. The southern atoll dialects are so distinct that those only speaking northern dialects cannot understand them.

Each of those atolls has its own dialect closely related to each other but very different from the northern atolls. The greatest dialectal variation is from the southern atolls Huvadu, Addu and Fuvahmulah of Maldives.

The standard dialect is that of the capital city, Malé. The Maldivian language has notable dialects. Maldivian, also known by its endonym Dhivehi or Divehi ( / d ɪ ˈ v eɪ h i/ di- VAY-hee Dhivehi: ދިވެހި, Dhivehi pronunciation: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the South Asian island country of Maldives and on Minicoy Island, Lakshadweep, a union territory of India. Maldivian in Carl Faulmann 's Das Buch der Schrift, 1880 For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA.

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