Maliku Dhivehi

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Maliku Dhivehi is a regional Indo-Aryan language variety closely related to Maldivian Dhivehi, traditionally spoken on Minicoy Island in India.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language variety ⓘ
regional language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Maldivian Dhivehi ⓘ
linked to: Dhivehi

Standard Maldivian Dhivehi ⓘ
linked to: Dhivehi language
country India ⓘ
endangeredStatus vulnerable ⓘ
ethnicGroup Maliku people ⓘ
Minicoy islanders ⓘ
linked to: Maldivians
geopoliticalContext spoken in Indian territory near Maldives ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Mahl ⓘ
Mahl language ⓘ
Maliku Mahl ⓘ
hasDialects local village-based speech varieties on Minicoy ⓘ
hasGrammaticalSimilarityWith Maldivian Dhivehi ⓘ
linked to: Dhivehi language
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative ⓘ
hasPhonologicalSimilarityWith Maldivian Dhivehi ⓘ
linked to: Dhivehi
hasWordOrder SOV ⓘ
historicallyAssociatedWith Maldives ⓘ
ISO639-3Code mhx ⓘ
languageContactWith English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
Malayalam ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Indo-European languages ⓘ
Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
linguisticAncestor Elu Prakrit ⓘ
nativeTo Minicoy Island ⓘ
primaryCountry India ⓘ
region Arabian Sea ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
scriptDirection right-to-left ⓘ
sharesLexiconWith Arabic loanwords ⓘ
Indic loanwords ⓘ
Maldivian Dhivehi ⓘ
linked to: Dhivehi language

Persian loanwords ⓘ
spokenIn Lakshadweep ⓘ
Minicoy Island ⓘ
standardFormOf local Dhivehi variety of Minicoy ⓘ
status minority language in India ⓘ
subclassOf Dhivehi language ⓘ
Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Maldivian language varieties ⓘ
usedBy Muslim community of Minicoy ⓘ
linked to: Minicoy Island
usedIn local administration on Minicoy Island ⓘ
oral communication on Minicoy Island ⓘ
oral storytelling on Minicoy ⓘ
traditional songs of Minicoy ⓘ
writingSystem Thaana script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mahl language → hasAlternativeName → Maliku Dhivehi ⓘ
Mahl dialect → hasLocalName → މަޅިކު ދިވެހި (Maliku Dhivehi) ⓘ
linked to: Maliku Dhivehi