Dhivehi language

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Dhivehi_language

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:language
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Singaporean
gptkbp:closelyRelatedTo	gptkb:Sinhalese_language
gptkbp:color	gptkb:Thaana
gptkbp:descendedFrom	gptkb:Elu_Prakrit
gptkbp:firstWrittenRecordsDateTo	12th century
gptkbp:hasDialects	gptkb:Addu_dialect gptkb:Huvadhu_dialect gptkb:Malé_dialect gptkb:Maliku_dialect gptkb:Mulaku_dialect
gptkbp:hasLoanwordsFrom	gptkb:Arabic gptkb:Persian gptkb:Urdu gptkb:Sinhala English Portuguese
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Dhivehi language
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code	dv
gptkbp:ISO639-3	div
gptkbp:languageFamily	gptkb:Indo-Aryan
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers	about 340,000
gptkbp:officialLanguage	gptkb:Maldives
gptkbp:previousScripts	Dhives Akuru Evēla Akuru
gptkbp:region	gptkb:Indian_Ocean gptkb:South_Asia
gptkbp:regulates	gptkb:Academy_of_Dhivehi_Language
gptkbp:script	gptkb:alphabet
gptkbp:spokenIn	gptkb:Maldives gptkb:Minicoy_Island
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus	not endangered
gptkbp:usedFor	gptkb:media gptkb:public_administration education
gptkbp:writingSystem	gptkb:Thaana_script right-to-left
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Addu_dialect gptkb:Maliku_dialect gptkb:Thaana_script
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6