Short Essay On Maldives

INTRODUCTION ON MALDIVES
Flag of Maldives Figure 1: Flag of Maldives

The Maldives officially the Republic of Maldives; Maldivian:DhivehiRaa'jeygeJumhooriyya) is a sovereign island country and archipelago in the Indian Ocean. It is located southwest of India and Sri Lanka in the Laccadive Sea. The chain of twenty six atolls stretches from Ihavandhippolhu Atoll to the Addu Atoll. The capital and largest city is Malé, traditionally called the "King's Island".
Historically linked with the Indian subcontinent, the Maldives is a Muslim-majority country. From the mid-sixteenth century, it was dominated by colonial powers: Portugal, the Netherlands and Britain. The islands gained independence from the British Empire in 1965, becoming a republic

Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Dravidian, French, Portuguese and English influences can all be found in Dhivehi.
Dhivehi is written right to left, and the spoken language has some interesting differences from the written language. Word sequence, for example, is critical in the written language but unimportant in the spoken idiom.
Practically every Maldivian speaks English because it’s the language used in Maldivian schools. English is the Maldives’ unofficial second language. Many Dhivehi "loaner" words have English roots. For example, the word for “waiter,” a useful word in the Maldives’ tourism-driven economy, is “veitar,” while the word for “doctor” is “doctor.” A few Dhivehi words have also migrated into the English language. “Atoll”, the term we use for a ring of coral reefs, is an Anglicized version of the Dhivehi word “Atoḷu.”
When traveling, it’s always a lot more fun to be able to speak with people in their own language. Here are some phrases that will come in handy on your trip to the