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Type | |
Languages | Maldivian |
Parent systems | Proto-Sinaitic alphabet
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Sinhala, Malayalam | |
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Divehi Akuru or Dhives Akuru (island letters), is a script formerly used to write the Maldivian language. This script was called 'Dives Akuru' by H. C. P. Bell who studied Maldive epigraphy when he retired from the British government service in Colombo and wrote an extensive monography on the archaeology, history and epigraphy of the Maldive islands.
The Divehi Akuru developed from the Grantha script. The early form of this script was Dīvī Grantha which was named Evēla Akuru (ancient letters) by H. C. P. Bell in order to distinguish it from the more recent variants of the same script. The ancient form (Evela) can be seen in the loamaafaanu (copper plates) of the 12th and 13th centuries and in inscriptions on coral stone (hirigaa) dating back from the Maldive Buddhist period.Like Sinhala script and most of the native scripts of India (but not Thaana), Dhives akuru descended ultimately from the Brahmi script and thus was written from left to right.
Divehi Akuru was still used in some atolls in the South Maldives as the main script around 70 years ago. Since then, the use is purely scholarly, or it's used by hobbyists. It can still be found on gravestones, and some monuments, including the stone base of the pillars supporting the main structure of the ancient Friday mosque in Malé. H. C. P. Bell obtained an astrology book written in Divehi Akuru in Addu Atoll, in the south of Maldives, during one of his trips. This book is now kept in the National Archives of Sri Lanka in Colombo.
Bodufenvalhuge Sidi, an eminent Maldivian scholar, wrote a book called 'Divehi Akuru' in 1959 prompted by then Prime Minister Ibrahim Nasir, in order to clarify H. C. P. Bell's errors. However, Maldivian cultural associations have not paid much attention to Bodufenvalhuge Sidi's work and keep perpetuating those errors.
A proposal to encode Dhives Akuru in Unicode has been submitted [1].
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References[edit]
- Bell, H.C.P. Excerpta Maldiviana. Reprint 1922-1935 edn. New Delhi 1998.
- Bell, H.C.P. The Maldive islands. Monograph on the History, Archaeology and Epigraphy. Reprint 1940 edn. Male' 1986.
- Bodufenvahuge Sidi. Divehi Akuru; Evvana Bai. Male' 1958.
- Divehi Bahuge Qawaaaid. Vols 1 to 5. Ministry of Education. Male' 1978.
- Divehīnge Tarika. Divehīnge Bas. Divehibahāi Tārikhah Khidumaykurā Qaumī Majlis. Male’ 2000.
- Geiger, Wilhelm. Maldivian Linguistic Studies. Reprint 1919 edn. Novelty Press. Male’ 1986.
- Gunasena, Bandusekara. The Evolution of the Sinhalese Script. Godage Poth Mendura. Colombo 1999.
- Romero-Frias, Xavier. The Maldive Islanders, A Study of the Popular Culture of an Ancient Ocean Kingdom. Barcelona 1999.
- Sivaramamurti, C. Indian Epigraphy and South Indian Scripts. Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum. Chennai 1999.
- السّيّد ބޮޑު ފެންވަޅުގޭ ސީދީ. 'ދިވެހި އަކުރު -- އެއްވަނަ ބައި.' (Assidi Bodu Fenvalhugey Seedee. Dhivehi akuru—e`vana ba`i = Dhivehi akuru—volume one). Primary title (not standardized by Unicode)
Footnotes[edit]
- ^Pandey, Anshuman (23 January 2018). 'Proposal to encode Dives Akuru in Unicode'(PDF).
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Origin
Dives Akuru is a script that was once used in the Maldive Islands. It developed from the Grantha script and the earliest known inscription, found on Landhū Island in Southern Miladhunmadulhu Atoll, dates back to the 8th century AD. The script is thought to have been in use before then, however evidence of this has yet to be found.
The early Madivian scripts were divided into two variants, Dives Akuru, 'island letters', and Evēla Akuru, 'ancient letters', by H. C. P. Bell, who studied the Maldivian linguistics after retiring from the British colonial service in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) in the early 20th century.
Dives Akuru developed from Evēla Akuru and was used mainly on tombstones, grants and on some monuments until about the 18th century, when it was replaced by the Thaana script. However in some of the southern Maldive islands, Dives Akuru continued to be used until the early 20th century. Today only scholars and hobbyists stil use the script.
Dives Akuru is also known as Dhives Akuru, Divehi Akuru or Dhivehi Akuru.
Notable features
- Type of writing system: syllabic alphabet
- Direction of writing: left to right, horizontal
Evēla Akuru
Dives Akuru
Adapted from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhives_Akuru from images drawn by Xavier Romero-Frias
All consonant-vowel combinations
Sample text in Dives Akuru
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Links
Information about Evēla Akuru and Dives Akuru
http://www.maldivesculture.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhives_Akuru
http://www.obib.de/Schriften/AlteSchriften/alte_schriften.php
http://www.maldives-ethnography.com/scripts.html
Syllabic alphabets / abugidas
- Ahom,
- Badaga,
- Balinese,
- Batak,
- Baybayin (Tagalog),
- Bengali,
- Bilang-bilang,
- Bima,
- Blackfoot,
- Brahmi,
- Buhid,
- Burmese,
- Carrier,
- Chakma,
- Cham,
- Cree,
- Dehong Dai,
- Devanagari,
- Ditema,
- Dives Akuru,
- Ethiopic,
- Evēla Akuru,
- Fraser,
- Gondi,
- Grantha,
- Gujarati,
- Gupta,
- Gurmukhi,
- Hanifi,
- Hanuno'o,
- Inuktitut,
- Javanese,
- Jenticha,
- Kaithi,
- Kannada,
- Kawi,
- Kerinci,
- Kharosthi,
- Khmer,
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- Kulitan,
- Lampung,
- Lanna,
- Lao,
- Lepcha,
- Limbu,
- Lontara/Makasar,
- Lota Ende,
- Malayalam,
- Manpuri,
- Meroïtic,
- Modi,
- Mon,
- Mongolian Horizontal Square Script,
- Ojibwe,
- Odia,
- Pahawh Hmong,
- Pallava,
- Phags-pa,
- Ranjana,
- Redjang,
- Sasak,
- Satera Jontal,
- Shan,
- Sharda,
- Siddham,
- Sindhi,
- Sinhala,
- Sorang Sompeng,
- Sourashtra,
- Soyombo,
- Sundanese,
- Syloti Nagri,
- Tagbanwa,
- Takri,
- Tamil,
- Thaana,
- Telugu,
- Thai,
- Tibetan,
- Tigalari (Tulu),
- Tikamuli,
- Tocharian,
- Tolong Siki,
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