Dhives Akuru

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Dhives Akuru is an ancient script formerly used to write the Maldivian Dhivehi language before its replacement by the modern Thaana script.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical script
writing system
associatedWithReligion Buddhism in the Maldives NERFINISHED
early Islam in the Maldives
culturalSignificance part of Maldivian cultural heritage
derivedFrom Grantha script NERFINISHED
geographicRegion Indian Ocean NERFINISHED
South Asia NERFINISHED
hasAlternateName Divehi Akuru NERFINISHED
Dives Akuru NERFINISHED
hasCharacterType consonant letters
independent vowels
numerals
punctuation marks
vowel diacritics
hasConsonantVowelStructure consonant letters with inherent vowel
hasNumeralSystem own set of numerals
hasResearchField Maldivian studies
historical linguistics
palaeography
hasScriptCodeStatus no ISO 15924 code as of 2024
hasUnicodeStatus not encoded in Unicode as of 2024
hasVowelNotation vowel signs modifying consonants
hasWritingSystemType alphasyllabary
historicalPeriod pre-modern Maldives
influencedBy South Indian scripts
replacedBy Thaana script NERFINISHED
replacedInLanguageBy Thaana in Dhivehi NERFINISHED
scriptDirection left-to-right
scriptFamily Brahmic scripts
scriptStage predecessor of Thaana
status no longer in everyday use
studied by epigraphists and linguists
usedFor administrative documents
inscriptions
religious texts
royal decrees
usedIn Maldives NERFINISHED
writingMedium palm leaf manuscripts
stone inscriptions
writingSystemFor Dhivehi language NERFINISHED
Maldivian royal chancery documents
Old Maldivian NERFINISHED

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Dhivehi language historicalScript Dhives Akuru
Dhivehi historicalScript Dhives Akuru