'Divehi Akuru' in modern Noto Serif Dives Akuru font
Script type
Abugida
Time period
6th-8th centuries CE (earliest attestation) to late 19th century
Direction
Left-to-right
Languages
Maldivian
Related scripts
Parent systems
Egyptian
Proto-Sinaitic
Phoenician
Aramaic
Brahmi
Tamil-Brahmi
Pallava
Grantha
Dhives Akuru
Sister systems
Malayalam, Tigalari, Saurashtra
ISO 15924
ISO 15924
Diak(342), Dives Akuru
Unicode
Unicode alias
Dives Akuru
Unicode range
U+11900–U+1195F Dives Akuru
The theorised Semitic origins of the Brahmi script are not universally agreed upon.
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Brahmic scripts
The Brahmi script and its descendants
Northern Brahmic
Gupta
Sharada
Landa
Gurmukhi
Khojki
Khudabadi
Multani
Mahajani
Takri
Dogri
Siddham
Nagari
Devanagari
Gujarati
Modi
Nandinagari
Kaithi
Sylheti Nagri
Gaudi
Bengali–Assamese
Bengali
Assamese
Tirhuta
Odia
Nepalese
Bhujimol
Ranjana
Soyombo
Pracalit
Tibetan
Meitei
Lepcha
Limbu
Khema
Phagspa
Zanabazar square
Marchen
Marchung
Pungs-chen
Pungs-chung
Drusha
Kalinga
Bhaiksuki
Tocharian
Southern Brahmic
Tamil-Brahmi
Pallava
Tamil
Grantha
Malayalam
Tigalari
Dhives Akuru
Saurashtra
Khmer
Khom Thai
Proto-Tai script?
Sukhothai
Thai
Fakkham
Thai Noi
Lao
Tai Viet
Dai Don
Lai Tay
Lai Pao
Cham
Kawi
Balinese
Batak
Buda
Javanese
Old Sundanese
Sundanese
Lontara
Makasar
Ulu scripts
Incung
Lampung
Lembak
Ogan
Pasemah
Rejang
Serawai
Baybayin
Buhid
Hanunoo
Tagbanwa
Kulitan
Mon–Burmese
Burmese
Chakma
S'gaw Karen
Shan
Tanchangya
Lik-Tai scripts
Ahom
Khamti
Tai Le
Modern Mon
Tai Tham
New Tai Lue
Pyu
Vatteluttu
Kolezhuthu
Malayanma
Sinhala
Bhattiprolu
Kadamba
Telugu-Kannada
Kannada
Goykanadi
Telugu
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Main article: Maldivian writing systems
The last version of the Maldivian script used after the conversion of people to Islam around the 1700s.Standard Indic order. This table is provided as a reference for the position of the letters on the table.
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