Dhivehi

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Dhiv·e·hi

or Div·e·hi  (dē′vā-hē)
n.
The Indic language spoken in the Maldives. Also called Maldivian.

[Dhivehi dhivehi, Maldivian, ultimately from Middle Indic dīpa-, island, from Sanskrit dvīpaḥ, island; see dwo- in Indo-European roots.]
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The seven-member delegation included Ashraf Ali, President of Dhivehi Language Academy, Naseema Ahmed, Director General, Shahma Ali, Assistant Director (History), Mohamad Fauzan Ahmed, Assistant Director, Ashraf Abdul Raheem, Writer/Scholar, Ahmed Nadeem, IT Consultant and Anas Mohamed.
This was discussed as a seven-member delegation of scholars, writers and intellectuals from the Maldives Dhivehi Language Academy visited the Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) on Friday.
As far as the educators were concerned, they did not see English as a threat to the Dhivehi language and culture.
The two-story villa is located around 16 feet below the Indian Ocean, and has been named 'Muraka', which, in the local Dhivehi language, means coral, reports CNN.
Of course, the lyrics are in the local Dhivehi language.
The Dhivehi Language: A Descriptive and Historical Grammar of Dhivehi and Its Dialects.
Thaana is the writing system used for the Dhivehi language spoken in the Maldives and most of Dhiraagu's customers are Maldivians.
The seven-member delegation includes Ashraf Ali, President of Dhivehi Language Academy, Naseema Ahmed, Director General, Shahma Ali, Assistant Director (History), Mohamad Fauzan Ahmed, Assistant Director, Ashraf Abdul Raheem, Writer/Scholar, Ahmed Nadeem, IT Consultant and Anas Mohamed, a press release said.
Fatwas dictating dress code for women, banning music and dancing, and jihadist videos in Dhivehi language proliferating on YouTube are becoming a norm.
ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) and Dhivehi Language Academy (DLA), Maldives would sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of 'Pakistan Literature and Maldives literature translation' on April 26.
ISLAMABAD -- A four member senior writers' delegation of Maldivia led by President of the Dhivehi Language Academy (DLA) Ashraf Ali on Monday visited Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL).
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