Maldivians

E162746
ethnic group nationality

Maldivians are the native people of the Maldives, a predominantly Muslim, seafaring island nation in the Indian Ocean, known for their distinct Dhivehi language and culture.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Maldivians canonical 4
Dhivehi people 1
Maldivian American 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
nationality ⓘ
capitalCity Malé ⓘ
citizenshipBy Maldives ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Maldives
citizenshipRequirement must be Muslim ⓘ
climateRegion tropical monsoon climate ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
conversionToIslamCentury 12th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Maldives ⓘ
culture Dhivehi culture ⓘ
demographicsOf Maldives ⓘ
dietStaple coconut ⓘ
fish ⓘ
rice ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Maldives ⓘ
ethnicRelation Sinhalese ⓘ
Indians ⓘ
surface form: South Indians
ethnogenesisRegion Maldives ⓘ
historicalReligionBeforeIslam Buddhism ⓘ
islandDwellers true ⓘ
language Dhivehi ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
locatedIn Indian Ocean ⓘ
majorityReligion Islam ⓘ
nationalSport football ⓘ
nativeLanguage Dhivehi ⓘ
oceanicCulture maritime ⓘ
officialLanguageOf Maldives ⓘ
populationMajorityIn Maldives ⓘ
primaryOccupationHistorically fishing ⓘ
seafaring ⓘ
trading ⓘ
region South Asia ⓘ
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
religiousLawInfluence Sharia ⓘ
surface form: Islamic law
religiousMinorityPresence very small ⓘ
seaArea Arabian Sea ⓘ
Laccadive Sea ⓘ
timeZone UTC+05:00 ⓘ
traditionalBoat dhoni ⓘ
traditionalCraft boat building ⓘ
lacquer work ⓘ
mat weaving ⓘ
traditionalDance boduberu dance ⓘ
traditionalHousing coral stone houses ⓘ
traditionalMusic boduberu ⓘ
usesCurrency Maldivian rufiyaa ⓘ
writingSystem Thaana script ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mahls → ethnoLinguisticRelation → Maldivians ⓘ
Mahls → ethnoLinguisticRelation → Maldivians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dhivehi people
Thaana script → usedByEthnicGroup → Maldivians ⓘ
South Asian ethnic groups → includesEthnicGroup → Maldivians ⓘ
South Asian American → ethnicOriginIncludes → Maldivians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maldivian American
Dhivehi → primaryEthnicGroup → Maldivians ⓘ