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What is Divehi and where is it spoken?

Divehi (or Dhivehi, ދިވެހި) is an Indo-Aryan language and the sole official language of the Maldives, with about 340,000 speakers. It is most closely related to Sinhala of Sri Lanka — both descend from Old Indo-Aryan and split off from the mainstream Indo-Aryan area early. A distinctive Mulaku dialect is spoken on Fuvahmulah atoll.

What's unusual about the Thaana script?

Thaana, the modern Divehi script, was developed in the 18th century and is written right to left, like Arabic. Its consonants are based on Arabic numerals 1–9 and Indic-derived numerals, with vowel diacritics borrowed from the Arabic harakat. It replaced the older left-to-right Dives Akuru script after the 17th century.