Mahl people

E647934

The Mahl people are an ethnic group primarily inhabiting Minicoy Island in India’s Lakshadweep archipelago, culturally and linguistically related to the Maldivians.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mahl people canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dravidian people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
archipelago Lakshadweep Islands ⓘ
associatedWith Laccadive–Minicoy–Maldives archipelago ⓘ
citizenship Indian citizenship ⓘ
coastalCommunity yes ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturallyRelatedTo Dhivehi culture ⓘ
Maldivian culture ⓘ
ethnicallyRelatedTo Dhivehi people ⓘ
linked to: Maldivians

Maldivians ⓘ
geographicProximityTo Maldives ⓘ
hasDemonym Mahl ⓘ
hasEthnonym Mahl ⓘ
historicalTiesWith Sultanate of Maldives ⓘ
linked to: Maldives Sultanate
language Mahl language ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Indo-European languages ⓘ
Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
linguisticVarietyOf Dhivehi language ⓘ
localAdministrationUnit Minicoy Island Panchayat ⓘ
linked to: Minicoy Island
maritimeCulture navigation skills ⓘ
traditional sailing ⓘ
minorityStatus ethnic minority in India ⓘ
nationalMinorityOf India ⓘ
partOf Lakshadweep society ⓘ
populationConcentration Minicoy Island ⓘ
primaryLocation Lakshadweep ⓘ
Minicoy Island ⓘ
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe of India ⓘ
linked to: Scheduled Tribes
recognizedBy Government of India ⓘ
region Arabian Sea ⓘ
Laccadive Sea ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
religiousFestivals Eid al-Adha ⓘ
Eid al-Fitr ⓘ
religiousLawInfluence Islamic law ⓘ
linked to: Sharia
seaRouteConnections Kerala ⓘ
Maldives ⓘ
traditionalOccupation coconut cultivation ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
seafaring ⓘ
usesCalendar Gregorian calendar ⓘ
Islamic calendar ⓘ
linked to: Hijri calendar
usesScriptHistorically Dhives Akuru ⓘ
writingSystem Thaana script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Mahl language → spokenBy → Mahl people ⓘ
Minicoy Island → ethnicGroup → Mahl people ⓘ
Mahl dialect → namedAfter → Mahl people ⓘ
Maliku → hasEthnicGroup → Mahl people ⓘ