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Language code: div

Technical information about ISO 639 language code div

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The table below provides technical details for the Dhivehi, Divehi, Maldivian language, designated by the div code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

div

Name

Official

Dhivehi, Divehi, Maldivian

Native

ދިވެހި

Text direction

Right-to-Left

Language varieties
Malé (Standard)HuvadhuHaddhunmathiFuvahmulahAdduMaliku (Mahl/Minicoy)
Related languages
SinhalaMarathiKonkani
Key facts
Written in the right-to-left Thaana script, whose letter shapes originate from Arabic numerals and Indic charactersThaana represents vowels with Arabic-style diacritics rather than full lettersDhivehi retains several archaic Sinhala features lost in contemporary SinhalaLexicon shows strong influence from Arabic and Persian due to centuries of seafaring and Islamic scholarshipOne of the smallest Indo-Aryan languages by speaker population but with a long recorded literary tradition reaching back to the 12th century.
Sample phrase

އެޗެއިން، ކާމެތި ހަމާކުން؟

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Dhivehi, Divehi, Maldivian language, identified by the code div, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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