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Dhivehi is the national language of Maldives, with Arabic being considered as a religious language and English being the medium of instruction for education and international purposes.

Dhivehi

The official and common language is Dhivehi, an Indo-Aryan language closely related to the Sinhala language of Sri Lanka. The first known script used to write Dhivehi is eveyla akuru, which is found in historical recording of kings (raadhavalhi). Later a script called dhives akuru was used for a long period. The present-day script is called Thaana and is written from right to left. Thaana is said to have been introduced by the reign of Mohamed Thakurufaanu. The Dhivehi language is spoken by virtually the whole population.

Arabic

Arabic is the religious language of Muslims as well as the language of the Quran and Sunnah. Arabic is taught as a religious language in mosques, as Sunni Islam is the state religion. Some of the population has some formal or informal education in the reading, writing and pronunciation of the Arabic language, as part of religious education.

English

English is widely spoken by the locals of Maldives. “Following the nation's opening to the outside world, the introduction of English as a medium of instruction at the secondary and tertiary levels of education, and its government's recognition of the opportunities offered through tourism, English has now firmly established itself in the country. As such, the Maldives are quite similar to the countries in the Gulf region .... The nation is undergoing vast societal change, and English is part of this.”

See also

• Demographics of the Maldives

References

1. Ethnologue: Ethnologue Languages of the World – Maldives Status, Retrieved 19 December 2017.
2. Ethnologue: Ethnologue Languages of the World – Maldives Country, Retrieved 19 December 2017.
3. ^ Ethnologue: Ethnologue Languages of the World – Dhivehi Languages, Retrieved 19 December 2017.
4. "Maldives Languages - Languages of Maldives - Language Spoken In Maldives". maldives.tourism-srilanka.com.
5. Meierkord, Christiane (March 2018). "English in paradise: the Maldives: English is rapidly establishing itself as a second language in a society transforming from fishing to tourism and trade". English Today. 34 (1): 2–11. doi:10.1017/S0266078417000475. ISSN 0266-0784. S2CID 148650495. Archived from the original on 14 January 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2019.

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