dv
Technical information about ISO 639 language code dv
The table below provides technical details for the Divehi language, designated by the dv
code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
Divehi (also known as Maldivian) belongs to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It is the official language of the Maldives. It is written using the Thaana script. It is estimated that there are more than 300,000 speakers worldwide.
Speakers
375K
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Divehi speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
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