Dhivehi

E166254
Indo-Aryan language language natural language

Dhivehi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Maldives, where it serves as the national language of the Maldivian people.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Dhivehi canonical 11
Dhives Akuru 1
Divehi 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language ⓘ
language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
alternativeName Dhivehi ⓘ
surface form: Divehi

Maldivian ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Sinhala ⓘ
surface form: Sinhalese language
hasDialect Addu dialect ⓘ
Fuvahmulah dialect ⓘ
Huvadhu dialect ⓘ
Malé dialect ⓘ
Mulaku dialect ⓘ
hasLoanwordsFrom Arabic ⓘ
English ⓘ
Persian language ⓘ
surface form: Persian

Urdu language ⓘ
surface form: Urdu
hasMorphologicalFeature SOV basic word order ⓘ
case marking ⓘ
postpositions ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature geminate consonants ⓘ
retroflex consonants ⓘ
hasScript Thaana script ⓘ
surface form: Thaana
historicalScript Dhives Akuru ⓘ
Evēla Akuru ⓘ
influencedBy Arabic ⓘ
surface form: Arabic language

English language ⓘ
Persian language ⓘ
Urdu language ⓘ
ISO639-1Code dv ⓘ
ISO639-2Code div ⓘ
ISO639-3Code div ⓘ
languageBranch Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages
languageSubfamily Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
officialStatus national language of the Maldives ⓘ
official language of the Maldives ⓘ
primaryCountry Maldives ⓘ
primaryEthnicGroup Maldivians ⓘ
region Indian Ocean ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
regulatingBody Dhivehi Bahuge Academy ⓘ
surface form: Dhivehi Language Academy
religiousContext Islam in Maldives ⓘ
surface form: Islam in the Maldives
scriptDirection right-to-left ⓘ
usedFor education in the Maldives ⓘ
government administration in the Maldives ⓘ
literature in the Maldives ⓘ
media in the Maldives ⓘ
usedIn Maldivian legal system ⓘ
Maldivian religious discourse ⓘ
writingSystem Thaana script ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

Maldives → officialLanguage → Dhivehi ⓘ
Maldives → nationalLanguage → Dhivehi ⓘ
Male → hasOfficialLanguage → Dhivehi ⓘ
subject surface form: Malé
Thaana script → replacedScript → Dhivehi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dhives Akuru
Mohamed Nasheed → languageSpoken → Dhivehi ⓘ
Malé → officialLanguage → Dhivehi ⓘ
People's Majlis → officialLanguage → Dhivehi ⓘ
Dhivehi language → alternativeName → Dhivehi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Divehi language
Maldivians → nativeLanguage → Dhivehi ⓘ
Dhivehi → alternativeName → Dhivehi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Divehi
Islam in Maldives → languageOfReligiousLife → Dhivehi ⓘ
Kaafu Atoll → officialLanguage → Dhivehi ⓘ
Hulhumalé → language → Dhivehi ⓘ
Hulhumalé → officialLanguage → Dhivehi ⓘ