For information on the population of Maldives, see Demographics of Maldives.
Ethnic group
Maldivians
Dhivehin ދިވެހިން
Feyli (the ethnic attire of the Maldivian) was worn both by men and women in Maldives during the monarchy.
Total population
c. 378,114[1] (2018)
Regions with significant populations
Maldives
344,023 (2014)[2]
Sri Lanka
20,000 (2013)[3]
India
~15,000[a] (2011)[4][5]
Malaysia
1,500 (2008)[6]
United Kingdom
1,000 (2006)[citation needed]
Singapore
1,000 (2008)[6]
Pakistan
450 (2010)[7]
Australia
680 (2021)[8]
Egypt
150 (2011)[9]
United States
127 (2010)[10]
Languages
Maldivian (Dhivehi)
Religion
Sunni Islam[11][12][13]
Related ethnic groups
Sinhalese Sri Lankan Tamils
a. ^ Excluding a smaller number of foreign nationals and ambassadors.
Maldivians (Dhivehi pronunciation:[diˈʋehiŋ]; Dhivehi: ދިވެހިން, romanized: dhivehin) are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group and nation native to the historic region of the Maldive Islands, present day Republic of Maldives and the island of Minicoy in Union Territory of Lakshadweep, India. Maldivians share one culture and speak the Maldivian language, which is a member of the southern group of Indo-Aryan languages.[14] For ethnographic and linguistic purposes as well as geopolitical reasons, anthropologists divide the Maldivian people into three subgroups.[15]
^"Total Maldivian Population by Islands, Registered Population 2018" (PDF). National Bureau of Statistics, Maldives.
^"Total Maldivian Population by Islands, Census 2014" (PDF). National Bureau of Statistics, Maldives.
^"Sri Lankan govt distances itself from minister's "deportation"". minivannewsarchive.com. 20 March 2013.
^"Maldivians in India and Sri Lanka want to vote in the Referendum". Archived from the original on 20 May 2011.
^Ethnologue. "India". Ethnologue.
^ ab"Sinhalaya's Coverage – Provincial Council Elections on 14th February". Sinhalaya.com. 1 January 2009. Archived from the original on 17 June 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
^"Strategic Insight – Protests in the Maldives over settling 2 Guantanamo Bay terrorists". Policy Research Group. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011.
^"Table 6 Australia Bureau of Statistics profile – Australian Bureau of Statistics". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 2022. Archived from the original on 4 May 2013.
^"HaveeruOnline: Maldives News, Sports, Travel, Business, Technology, Entertainment, Politics, and Breaking News". Haveeru.com.mv. Archived from the original on 17 June 2011.
^Danico, Mary Yu (19 August 2014). Asian American Society: An Encyclopedia. SAGE Publications. p. 1526. ISBN 978-1-4833-6560-2.
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^"About the Maldives". Permanent Mission of the Republic of Maldives to the UN.
^Cain, B.D. (2000). Dhivehi (Maldivian): A Synchronic and Diachronic Study (Ph.D. dissertation). Cornell University.
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died in the 1990s. Today Maldivians rarely learn the Dhives Akuru alphabet, for Arabic is favoured as the second script. Maldivian is now written using a...
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Maldivian cuisine, also called Dhivehi cuisine, is the cuisine of the Republic of Maldives. The traditional cuisine of Maldivians is based on three main...
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of Kannur. Mahl people, ethnic Maldivians of Lakshadweep, India Indians in Maldives India–Maldives relations "Maldivians in India and Sri Lanka want to...
ties with the Maldives for centuries. In addition to these countries, Maldivians also traded with Aceh and many other kingdoms in, what is today, Indonesia...
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Maldivian Sri Lankan refer to people of Dhivehi ethnicity living in Sri Lanka, there are approximately 20,000 of them, as of 2013. Sinhalese people, as...
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Muizzu's People's National Congress (PNC) and a heavy defeat for the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), which won a similar landslide in the 2019 elections...
of the Maldivian language in the Latin script varies from one scheme to another. The following are the major romanization methods for Maldivian: Mālē Leṭin...
Dhivehi: atholhu) is now used in many languages worldwide. Traditionally, Maldivians call the atolls ending in '-madulu' or '-mathi' by their name without...
of Maldivian literature is known as Lōmāfānu (copper-plate grants) from the 12th century. Lōmāfānu is in the oldest known written form of Maldivian. Husain...
ancient Tamil people who they referred to as 'Tamila'. Other mainstream Maldivians considered them to be of lower social status. They lived on the island...
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