Dhivehi: The Language of the Maldives

by Amalia E. Gnanadesikan

dhivehi (Maldivian), the national language of the Maldives, has received very little attention in the linguistic literature. With Sinhala (Sinhalese) Dhivehi constitutes a branch of the Indo-Aryan languages that shows a number of features unusual within the Indo-Aryan group, such as a lack of contrastive aspiration, prenasalized stops, and a lack of relative pronouns. Dhivehi also displays features unknown to Sinhala, such as a nonverbal copula and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 161451304X
• ISBN13: 9781614513049
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
• Length: 363 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.9" x 9.6"