المالديف جمهورية وطني

By Sifudheen Faroog

1st year Medical StudentAl Faisal University

Objectives

• المالديف عن تاريخية نبذة• جزرها عدد• جزرها عدد

Where is MALDIVES

“ Peals of Indian Ocean”

Breif introduction

Consist of 1,192 islands 200 habited Population about 300000 people Indo-Aryan with an admixture of African, Arab and Indonesian blood 100% Islamic -sunni

language

(DHIVEHI)

language

Many languages have influenced the development of the Maldivian language through the ages, most importantly Arab ,also includes French, Persian, Portuguese, Urdu and English

Our culture had a great impact on the language

language Influences of other Languages on the

Development of Dhivehi

After the Maldives converted to Islam in 1153, Persian and Arabic made a significant impact on the Dhivehi language.Eg: religious terms such namādu ‘prayer’ rōda ‘fasting’, (Persian namāzu, rōza) kāfaru ‘infidel’(Arabic kafir32)

language Portuguese influence

during colonial power of the Portuguese in the 16th century

words such as lonsi ‘hunting spear’(Portuguese lança ‘spear’) mēzu ‘table’ (Portuguese mesa)

language language Maldivians going abroad to study in India, Pakistan and in some Arab countries• bahāru ‘spring’ (bahāru ‘spring’: Urdu),• gulšan ‘garden’ (gulšan ‘garden’:Urdu) • As galan ‘pen’ (qalam ‘pen’) and• gamīs ‘shirt’ (qamīs ‘shirt’:Arabic).

CULTURE• how culture relate with the language

Traditionally Maldivians were either fisherman or farmers who lived in small island

• Maldivians life was very much connected to their natural surroundings This strong link is reflected in the Dhivehi language

Sea Life sea lifeDhivehi has many names for the different parts of the sea surrounding an island Eg‘mūdu ‘ the shallow part of the sea near an island,vilu ‘the deeper darker part of the sea away from the island’,kandu ‘deep sea’.

Sea Life Dhivehi has different names for different types of islands: ra ‘islandFinolu means ‘small island without any coconut treesFaru means ‘reef

Dhivehi also has names for a great variety of fish that are found in the waters

of the Maldives. fas ingilli ,, because it have 5 arms

fansuru mas - pencil fish

MALDIVIAN FOOD ALSO HAVE NAMES , FROM OUR DHIvEHI EG:BAI - RICE MAS ( FISH)

Dhivehi oral literature, such as the raivaru poetry is also connected to the sea and the island environment.

‘RAIVARU ‘ A poetry of the Maldives which is a special type of Dhivehipoetry recited in a certain manner

Music and dance ,,,Music and dance ,,,In early days only ‘boduberu ‘ was played as a enjoyment . It is a drum played by hands , but due to the size of these drum s maldivian calls them bodu beru means big drum .

Cloths Traditional dress of maldives

craft-making (lacquer works )

CHANGING CUlTUREMODERNISATION AND ERA of info.TECHThe Government schools in Male’ (the capital) were teaching in English medium. Hence, Dhivehilanguage began to be greatly influenced by English. Seen in the great number of loan words from

English. EXAMPLE , kāru ‘car car’ baiskalu ‘bicycle’ iskūlu ‘school’

Referance

Yumna Maumoon , A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THEDHIVEHI LANGUAGE , national centre for linguistic and historical researchmale’,maldives 2008

Muhammad, Naseema, 1999. Dhivehi Writing Systems, National Centre for Linguistic and Historical Research , Male, Maldives.