Languages of Maldives
Republic of Maldives. 359,008. National or official language: Maldivian. 1,200 islands; 203 inhabited. Literacy rate: 96%–97%. Immigrant languages: Sinhala (1,400). Also includes Arabic (300), languages of India (1,000). Information mainly from J. Gair 1980. Deaf population: 15,278. The number of individual languages listed for Maldives is 1.
| Maldivian | [div]
356,000 in Maldives (2007). Population total all countries: 371,000. Widespread. Also in India.
Alternate names: Dhivehi, Divehi, Divehi Bas, Divehli, Mali, Malikh, Malki.
Dialects: Male, Huvudu, Foa Mulaku, Addu. Southern dialects mutually intelligible but not with Male. Southerners understand Male by acquired intelligibility. Male cannot understand the others.
Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Sinhalese-Maldivian
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