Dhives Akuru

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Dhives Akuru is an ancient script formerly used to write the Maldivian Dhivehi language before its replacement by the modern Thaana script.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Dhives Akuru canonical 3
Divehi Akuru 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical script ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
associatedWithReligion Buddhism in the Maldives ⓘ
early Islam in the Maldives ⓘ
culturalSignificance part of Maldivian cultural heritage ⓘ
derivedFrom Grantha script ⓘ
geographicRegion Indian Ocean ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
hasAlternateName Divehi Akuru ⓘ
linked to: Dhives Akuru

Dives Akuru ⓘ
hasCharacterType consonant letters ⓘ
independent vowels ⓘ
numerals ⓘ
punctuation marks ⓘ
vowel diacritics ⓘ
hasConsonantVowelStructure consonant letters with inherent vowel ⓘ
hasNumeralSystem own set of numerals ⓘ
hasResearchField Maldivian studies ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
palaeography ⓘ
hasScriptCodeStatus no ISO 15924 code as of 2024 ⓘ
hasUnicodeStatus not encoded in Unicode as of 2024 ⓘ
hasVowelNotation vowel signs modifying consonants ⓘ
hasWritingSystemType alphasyllabary ⓘ
historicalPeriod pre-modern Maldives ⓘ
influencedBy South Indian scripts ⓘ
replacedBy Thaana script ⓘ
replacedInLanguageBy Thaana in Dhivehi ⓘ
linked to: Thaana script
scriptDirection left-to-right ⓘ
scriptFamily Brahmic scripts ⓘ
scriptStage predecessor of Thaana ⓘ
status no longer in everyday use ⓘ
studied by epigraphists and linguists ⓘ
usedFor administrative documents ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
royal decrees ⓘ
usedIn Maldives ⓘ
writingMedium palm leaf manuscripts ⓘ
stone inscriptions ⓘ
writingSystemFor Dhivehi language ⓘ
Maldivian royal chancery documents ⓘ
Old Maldivian ⓘ
linked to: Dhivehi language

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Dhivehi language → historicalScript → Dhives Akuru ⓘ
Dhivehi → historicalScript → Dhives Akuru ⓘ
Dhives Akuru → hasAlternateName → Divehi Akuru ⓘ
linked to: Dhives Akuru
Mahl people → usesScriptHistorically → Dhives Akuru ⓘ