by Maldivians to distinguish their own writing system from foreign scripts. Foreign scripts were learned and introduced at that time when Maldivian monks...

symbols. Thaana, Tãnaa, Taana or Tāna ( ތާނަ ) is the present writing system of the Maldivian language spoken in the Maldives. Thaana has characteristics...

Maldivian, also known by its endonym Dhivehi or Divehi (/dɪˈveɪhi/ di-VAY-hee; Dhivehi: ދިވެހި, IPA: [d̪iʋehi]), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the...

rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Writing systems are used to record human language, and may be classified according...

Among the dialects of Maldivian language, the Mahl dialect (Maliku bas) has something extra in the writing system. Like the communities speaking other...

ल़, श़, स़, ह़ to represent other Perso-Arabic phonemes (see Maldivian writing systems#Devanagari script for Mahl). Sindhi's and Saraiki's implosives...

adoption of complementary transliteration systems as a means of representing the pronunciation of Chinese. Chinese writing is first attested during the late Shang...

relieved when the romanization was revoked. Romanization of Maldivian Dhivehi writing systems The romanization in parentheses is the older romanization...

There are many different numeral systems, that is, writing systems for expressing numbers. Numeral systems are classified here as to whether they use...

dialects of the Maldivian language fluently and understood well others, gaining also deep knowledge of the Maldivian writing systems and Arabic. During...