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	How to read and write Dhivehi Characters - ދިވެހި
		Dhivehi: Hoe kun je Dhivehi teksten maken, lezen of leesbaar maken ?
		Dhivehi is written by means of the socalled "Thaana" script, that is based upon Sinhala, Hindi and mainly Arabic scripts.
		The age of the written language (of the script) is mentioned in: the history of writing.
	www.xs4all.nl /~wjsn/dhivehi.htm (454 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Dhivehi language
		Dhivehi is thought to be a descendent of Maharashtri, one of the Prakrit languages which developed from Sanskrit.
		Dhivehi is an Indo-Aryan language and the official language of the Republic of the Maldives.
		Dhivehi is thought to have shared a common mother language to Sinhalese, which became extinct with the birth of the two new languages around 500 BC.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Dhivehi-language (1628 words)

	Dhivehi language
		Dhivehi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by about 300,000 people in the Republic of Maldives where it is the official language of the country and in the island of Minicoy (Maliku) in neighbouring India where it is known as Mahl.
		Dhivehi is thought to be a descendant of Elu, or Old Sinhala.
		Dhivehi is written using a unique script, called Thaana, written from right to left, but was formerly written in Dhives Akuru which is written from left to right.
	www.algebra.com /algebra/about/history/Dhivehi-language.wikipedia (756 words)

	Language \| Inner Maldives
		The earliest Dhivehi is inscribed on copper plates known as the "Loamaafaanu".
		Dhivehi is used equivocally in the administration of the country.
		Until the 1960s, Dhivehi was also the medium of teaching in al schools, but with the need for further education, Dhivehi medium syllabuses changed to English medium teaching.
	www.innermaldives.com /language.html (227 words)

	South Asian Media Net
		Throughout the Maldives Dhivehi is spoken, which is the national language.
		It is a language with roots in old South Asian languages (Indo-Aryan languages), mixed with Arabic, Hindi and English words.
		Inherent in the Dhivehi language is a form of class distinction expressed through three levels.
	www.southasianmedia.net /profile/maldives/mv_languages.cfm (441 words)

	Linguist List - Book Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Dhivehi (Maldivian) is the national language of the Republic of Maldives, an island nation located in the Indian Ocean south of India and to the west of Sri Lanka.
		Dhivehi is the medium of education, and literacy in the Maldives exceeds 95%.
		Dhivehi syntax features a cleft-like construction in which the focused item is generally post-verbal, and a predicate nominal construction with an equative marker on the subject.
	linguistlist.org /pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=924 (347 words)

	Mahl language - Information at Halfvalue.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		It is a dialect of Dhivehi, the official language of Maldives.
		Linguists agree that Mahl is an Indo-Aryan language closely related to Hindi, Marathi and its most closest sister is Sinhalese.
		Dhivehi is also spoken by about 300,000 people in the Republic of Maldives.
	www.halfvalue.com /wiki.jsp?topic=Mahl_language (1082 words)

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	Halaveli Holiday Village (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The language of the Maldives is Dhivehi and displays great resemblance to several other languages from Sri Lanka, South East Asia and North India.
		The language has undergone many transformations, and the present-day Dhivehi is written from left to right, probably to incorporate many of the Arabic words used.
		Until the 1960s, Dhivehi was also the medium of instruction in all schools, but with the need for further education, Dhivehi-medium syllabuses have given way, to a large extent, to English-medium teaching.
	www.halaveli.com /maldives_language.html (174 words)

	Dhivehi language - The Jiggies Reference Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Dhivehi is the official language of the Republic of Maldives.
		While of Indo-Ariyan origin, it is spoken by 300,000 inhabitants of the Maldives (and the dilect Mahl by the inhabitants of Minicoy Island).
		Few English words such as Atoll (a ring of coral islands or reefs) and Doni (a vessel for inter-atoll navigation) are Anglicized forms of the Dhivehi words Atholu and Dhoni.
	www.jiggies.com /reference/Dhivehi_language (412 words)

	Maldives Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The language of the Maldivians is Dhivehi, a language which is placed in the Indro-Indian group of languages.
		Dhivehi with its roots in Sanskrit and according to some researchers Elu, an ancient form of Sinhala, (spoken in Sri Lanka), is strongly influenced by the major lanuguages of the region.
		The language has been influenced heavily from Arabic since the advent of the Islam in 1153 and English in more recent times, especially since the introduction of English as a medium of education in the early 1960s.
	www.asia-planet.net /maldives/language.htm (185 words)

	Language of the Maldives - ethos Maldives Pvt Ltd. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Since the 1960s English has become the medium of education in most schools, while Dhivehi is still the language used for the overall administration.
		It is a very phonetic language with the vowels below and above the letters in the form of dashes.
		The first level, the "reethi bas" or nice language, was and is still used to address members of the upper class, but is now more often used on national radio and TV.
	www.ethosmaldives.com /maldive/language.htm (298 words)

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		Speaking at the ceremony, he said that the publication of the CD was an important part of marking the occasion and that it was an honour that Dhivehi language has its own alphabet.
		Dhivehi language, the mother tongue of Maldivian people is rich, along with having its own letters of alphabet.
		Dhivehi writing has been in various standards at several stages.
	www.maldivesinfo.gov.mv /news.php?newsid=7999 (526 words)

	Random Reflexions: Dhivehi on the PC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Dhivehi on the PC There was never any native support for Dhivehi language on the computer until the advent of the Unicode system.
		Government and private establishments used Accent for much of their Dhivehi language related work until the arrival of Windows XP which natively supported Unicode.
		And even with that, the font that came with the Dhivehi language pack looked horrible because Agfa Monotype (the creator of the font) did not have any reference character styles to work with.
	www.simonshareef.com /blog/2005/09/dhivehi_on_the_pc.php (480 words)

	Christian Persecution: Maldives Update (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Literature on Christianity, in both foreign and Dhivehi languages, was discovered at the homes of the missionaries.
		Several weeks ago, the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs called on all Maldivians not to listen to a missionary programme broadcast in the Dhivehi language by the Far East Broadcasting Association (FEBA), from Seychelles.
		The police suspected that without local Maldivian assistance the broadcast and the Christian literature found in Dhivehi language could not have been translated.
	www.leaderu.com /common/maldives.html (981 words)

	Thaana/Dhivehi Computing Information (Penn State)
		Microsoft provides a Dhivehi phonetic keyboard, but you may have to install it from the Windows System disk because it is a complex script.
		Language tags are also suggested so that search engines and screen readers parse the language of a page.
		Another option is to compose the basic text in an international or foreign languags text editor or word processor and export the content as an HTML or text file with the appropriate encoding.
	tlt.its.psu.edu /suggestions/international/bylanguage/thaana.html (893 words)

	Truck and Barter: Linguistics and Cultural Roots of Innumeracy
		But the Pirahã language -- and this is what makes it so significant -- departs from what were long thought to be essential features of all languages.
		At Language Log there is an interesting discussion of the issue with author pointing out may be Gordon is pushing it a little too much with his Whorfian spin.
		I listened to this song of the the Piraha people (the people do not call themselves Pirahã, which is not even a word of their language), it didn’t sound that strange to me. I really don’t how much you could generalize from the culture and language of a very small tribe in the Amazon.
	truckandbarter.com /mt/archives/2006/05/linguistics_and.html (743 words)

	Maldivian dhivehi Translation Service - English to Maldivian dhivehi Translation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		You probably don't speak Maldivian dhivehi yourself, so there are a few questions you'll need to consider when choosing a translation company.
		To ensure our translators keep abreast of the language our Maldivian dhivehi translators live in-county and translate into their mother tongue.
		Professional translators whose native language is English and speak fluent Maldivian dhivehi perform our Maldivian dhivehi to English translation.
	www.appliedlanguage.com /languages/maldivian_dhivehi_translation.shtml (466 words)

	Maldivian (Dhivehi) Language Partners - Online Language Exchange
		I am a friendly guy who likes to study languages...
		I am sein, living in Maldives and would like to learn Singhalese as I intend to go to Sri Lanka and communicate in your language, probably may have to live there too.
		languages that r unfamiliar in my society interests me. i wish dhivehi(Maldivian) is included in the native languages here.
	www.mylanguageexchange.com /Search.asp?selX3=119&selX13=true (292 words)

	Maldives Airports Company Limited - Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Dhivehi is the unique native language spoken by the Maldivians (People of the Republic of Maldives) and it is the official language.
		Dhivehi is written using a unique script, called Thaana, from right to left.
		The language must have originated from the first settlers of the Maldives and evolved over time with the influence of different visitors who frequented the Maldives.
	www.airports.com.mv /divehidictionary.asp (185 words)

	French Translation Service - English to French Translation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Language is a living thing it develops and changes constantly.
		To ensure our translators keep abreast of the language our French translators live in-county and translate into their mother tongue.
		Professional translators whose native language is English and speak fluent French perform our French to English translation.
	www.appliedlanguage.com /languages/french_translation.shtml (464 words)

	Maldives - Ethnic Groups and Language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The language Maldivian Dhivehi belongs to the Indo-European language family.
		Derived from Elu, an archaic form of Sinhalese (the language of Sri Lanka), it has numerous loanwords from Arabic, from Hindi--which is used in trade with Indian merchants- -and from Tamil.
		In Dhivehi, the numbers from one to twelve are of Sinhalese origin, and after twelve, Hindi.
	countrystudies.us /maldives/5.htm (379 words)

	The Maldives
		The word "atoll" in the Maldivian language describes a ring-shaped coral island surrounding a lagoon.
		Dhivehi is the language spoken in all parts of the Maldives.
		In the resorts, a variety of languages are spoken by the staff including English, German, French, Italian and Japanese.
	www.sunandsea-maldives.com /maldives.php (516 words)

	South Asia
		English, the language of the region's former colonial masters, is widely spoken by India's intellectual elite.
		Most languages in South Asia are closely tied to particular nations, and as a result, further divide the people from one another.
		This lack of communication works against unity because people use their language as their principal means of expressing their deepest beliefs, values, and feelings, which are most frequently connected to their religious heritages.
	www.cotf.edu /earthinfo/sasia/SApeo.html (857 words)

	Certificates presented to Dhivehi language course participants
		Certificates have been presented to participants of the 9th round of the Dhivehi Language course aimed for government employees.
		Speaking at the ceremony, the chairman of the centre, Abbas Ibrahim said that no one should think that the grammar of Dhivehi language altered by people, as it had been clearly written.
		He also said that work is underway to make the Dhivehi language course accredited by the Maldives Accreditation Board.
	www.maldivesinfo.gov.mv /news.php?newsid=8249 (183 words)

	Dhivehi
		Der Artikel Dhivehi gehört zur Kategorie: Einzelsprache, Indoarische Sprache, Indische Sprache, Malediven
		Dhivehi (auch Divehi; Eigenbezeichnung ދިވެހިބަސް divehibas) ist eine Sprache, die von rund 300.000 Menschen auf den Malediven, wo sie auch Amtssprache ist, sowie auf der zum indischen Unionsterritorium Lakshadweep gehörenden Insel Minicoy gesprochen wird.
		Auf Grund der großen Entfernungen zwischen den Inseln der Malediven haben sich mehrere Dialekte mit teils erheblichen Unterschieden in Aussprache und Wortschatz herausgebildet, daher können zwischen Sprechern nördlicher Mundarten und Sprechern südlicher Dialekte Verständnisschwierigkeiten auftreten.
	www.weblexikon.de /Dhivehi.html (357 words)

	Dhivehi - Qwika
		Dhivehi Dhivehi (??????????) Spoken in: Malediven, island Minicoy (Indien) Speaker...
		Dhivehi Dhivehi she is one lengua indoaria and official...
		Dhivehi had a language along with mother the...
	www.qwika.com /find/Dhivehi (440 words)

	The Divehi of the Maldive Islands -- A Profile
		The name of the country in the local language is Dhivehi, as indicated in the name of one of the political parties: Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (Maldivian People's Party).
		Their language is classified by the Ethnologue under the name Maldivian, with an alternate name of Divehi, based on the local word Dhivehi.
		The Dhivehi language is an Indo-European language related to Sinhalese but has borrowed many words from Arabic and Persian.
	orvillejenkins.com /profiles/divehi.html (1057 words)

	:. Maldives official website - Education - Institutions
		The teacher or master was known as Edhurube’, or in case of a woman, Edhuruudhaitha.
		The maqthab offered the rudiments of arithmetic, Qur’an and the Dhivehi language to groups of children.
		Traditionally it offered arithmetic, Dhivehi language, religious studies, home science, the rudiments of English language.
	www.maldivesinfo.gov.mv /info/include/education_institutions.php (103 words)

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