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How to recognize Maldivian (Thaana)
Maldivian (Thaana) is one of 6 languages in Grafle's Independent Scripts group. Here's what it looks like, where you'll see it on signs, and how to tell it apart from its lookalikes.
Spot it fast
- Right-to-left slashes and hooks with vowel marks on every letter — looks like slanted tally marks.
What Maldivian (Thaana) looks like
ހުރިހާ އިންސާނުންނަކީވެސް މިނިވަންކަމާއެކު...
އައްސަލާމް ޢަލައިކުމް.
ދިވެހިރާއްޖެއަކީ ރީތި ޤައުމެކެވެ.
Independent Scripts scripts: One-of-a-kind alphabets that fit no larger family: Greek, Hebrew, Georgian, Armenian, Ethiopic, Thaana.
Where you'll see it on signs
- Maldives
Easy to confuse with
- Hebrew — Both right-to-left — Hebrew is square and blocky; Thaana looks like slanted slashes with vowel marks on every letter.