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	Thaana - Test for Unicode support in Web browsers
		Thaana (or Tana) is the right-to-left script used to write Dhivehi (or Divehi), the Indo-Aryan national language of the Maldives.
		A Thaana Unicode keyboard layout for Mac OS X 10.2 can be downloaded from http://quinon.com/files/keylayouts/; it has been produced by Yusuke Kinoshita.
		The characters that appear in the first column of the following table depend on the browser that you are using, the fonts installed on your computer, and the browser options you have chosen that determine the fonts used to display particular character sets, encodings or languages.
	www.alanwood.net /unicode/thaana.html (0 words)

	Monotype: Non Latin Font
		Thaana is an alphabetic script consisting of symbols for 24 basic consonants and 10 vowels.
		In contrast to Arabic writing, Thaana letters are never joined to their neighbors, and their shapes remain unvaried regardless of context.
		In a typical Thaana newspaper, one will see a smattering of words written in Arabic alongside the Thaana text, making it clear that the Maldivian populace is also familiar with Arabic script.
	www.monotypefonts.com /Library/Non-Latin-Library.asp?show=info&lan=thaana (314 words)

	Thaana
		Thaana bezeichnet das Alphabet (Schriftsprache) des Dhivehi - der Sprache der Malediven.
		Thaana wird wie das Arabische von rechts nach links geschrieben und Vokale werden auch durch hoch- oder tiefgestellte Zusatzmarkierungen gekennzeichnet (Tiefstellung im Falle von /i/ und /i:/).
		Thaana steht auf den Unicode-Zeichen 1920-1983 (hexadezimal 0x780-0x7BF), und wird unter anderem von Windows XP unterstützt.
	www.teachersparadise.com /ency/de/wikipedia/t/th/thaana.html (205 words)

	Proposal for encoding Thaana in ISO/IEC 10646 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Thaana script is used to write the modern Dhivehi language of the Maldives, a group of atolls in the Indian Ocean, circa 650 km SW of Sri Lanka, about 4°N 73°E. 226,000 people live in the Maldives.
		Thaana is written from right to left and partakes of features of both the Indic and Arabic script varieties.
		The present shapes of the Thaana (called the Gabulhi Thaana) date from the 19th century; earlier shapes should probably be considered font variants.
	www.evertype.com /standards/dv/thaana.html (797 words)

	Thaana
		Thaana is the writing system for the Dhivehi language spoken in the Maldives.
		It shows clear influences from Arabic, but whereas Arabic has numerous forms for every letter, Thaana has one form for each letter.
		The letter alifu has three main uses: It can act as a carrier for a vowel with no preceding consonant; when it carries a sukun, it indicates gemination (lengthening) of the following consonant; and if alifu+sukun occurs at the end of a word, it indicates that the word ends in /eh/.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/t/th/thaana.html (185 words)

	Maldives Royal Family Official Website: Arabisation of the Maldives
		The Thaana script used to write modern Divehi was invented in resistance to the drive to Arabise and strip the Maldives of its national heritage by the Islamic "intelligentsia".
		When the Thaana typewriter and computerised fonts were introduced over the next few years, technical expediency required that the partial use of the Arabic script be dropped.
		Thaana writing continues to be assaulted and bastardised with one Arabic word.
	www.maldivesroyalfamily.com /maldives_arabisation.shtml (1980 words)

	MidEastLog :: Embed pt. 2
		On February 9th I found myself loading into a Humvee with two soldiers and the 1-8ths translator, Thaana Azawi, or "Tina" as the troops named her.
		Right from the start, he was in fine form with Thaana translating for him.
		The Colonel turned to me and laughed, "I guess I am playing Messiah too." He told her he would speak to her later so that she could be invited for special care at the Army's medical center.
	www.devo.com /mideastlog/index.php/b2trackbackpopup.php?p=114&tb=1 (1490 words)

	Maldives Royal Family Official Website: Majid's Pages- Maldive Numbers
		The next nine Thaana letters are called the letters of the Divehi aka (Divehi numerals) and look like the first nine base letters (consonants without the vowel extensions) of the Divess script.
		The Thaana alphabetical script used to write modern Divehi was invented in resistance to the drive to Arabise and strip the Maldives of its national heritage by the Islamic intelligentsia.
		In that regard Maldivians proved to the mullahs to be resilient and a tougher nut to crack than the Persians, Islamised Indians, Turks and the Malays who all abandoned their indigenous writing systems and/ or adopted the Arabic script.
	www.maldivesroyalfamily.com /maldive_numbers.shtml (1456 words)

	Thaana/Dhivehi Computing Information (Penn State)
		Thaana is unusual in the South Asia region because it is written right to left and includes characters from both the Arabic script and South Asian scripts.
		As of version 10.3, Apple does not provide a Thaana keyboard, but there is a freeware Thaana OS X keyboard utility available, which works in Unicode aware applications like Microsoft Office 2004 or Text Edit.
		Unless a keyboard which supports Unicode is installed, you must use the Unicode chart for Thaana and enter HTML entity codes.
	tlt.its.psu.edu /suggestions/international/bylanguage/thaana.html (893 words)

	Thaana (Maldivian) script
		The Thaana script was developed during the 16th century by an unknown inventor.
		It first appeared in government documents in 1703 and replaced an older alphabet known as Dhives akuru.
		Top row: Thaana letters, bottom row: the Arabic letters on which they are modelled
	www.omniglot.com /writing/thaana.htm (298 words)

	:. Maldives official website - Society - Language
		Thaana is the script used in the Maldives today.
		Written from right to left it was introduced in the wake of the Portuguese occupation of the islands during the mid sixteenth century.
		The Thaana script has a total of twenty four letters, out of which nine are Arabic numerals to which phonetic values have been assigned.
	www.maldivesinfo.gov.mv /info/include/society_language.php (213 words)

	Dhivehi thaana - reading and writing the Maldivian language
		Thaana is a simplified Arabic-style script, unique to the Dhivehi language, adopted by the Maldivian government over 400 years ago.
		Thaana is written from right to left, so the letters are written from the right.
		Thaana vowels are explained in the next section.
	www.maldivesculture.com /thaana01.html (0 words)

	Certificates been awarded to the participants of two courses conducted by the Centre for Continuing Education at a ...
		Certificates have been awarded to the participants of two courses conducted by the Centre for Continuing Education at a ceremony held last night at Iskandhar School.
		They were, the “18th round of the atoll primary teacher training course and levels 1 and 2 of the 31st round of Thaana and Arabic writing course.
		The aims of the course were to improve writing Arabic and Thaana scripts for employees and to those seeking this opportunity and to renew the skills at a period where diminishing numbers are found among those currently practicing calligraphy.
	www.maldivesinfo.gov.mv /news.php?newsid=3725 (341 words)

	Thaana Unicode Fonts
		The Thaana (or Taana) script is used to write Dhivehi (also known as Divehi and Maldivian).
		The Unicode implementation of Thaana is described in chapter 8 (Middle Eastern Scripts) of The Unicode Standard, Version 4.0.
		Names, images, properties and additional background/non-technical information about the Thaana Unicode block and its characters can be found on decodeunicode's Thaana block page (in English and German/Deutsch).
	www.wazu.jp /gallery/Fonts_Thaana.html (854 words)

	MV Boli - Thaana - 5 User: Ascender Fonts
		MV Boli was first introduced with Windows XP to support Thaana script, which is used for the Dhivehi language of the Maldives.
		Thaana is similar to the Arabic script and is written right to left.
		Thaana uses vowel signs and spaces between words.
	ascenderfonts.com /Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=MVB01-01-75-05&Category_Code=Thaana (191 words)

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