The Maldives / ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ Dhivehi Raa’je/ Maldive Islands
The Maldives / ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ Dhivehi Raa’je/ Maldive Islands, officially Republic of Maldives, is an island country in the Indian Ocean formed by a double chain of twenty-six atolls stretching in a north-south direction off India’s Lakshadweep islands, between Minicoy Island and Chagos Archipelago. It stands in the Laccadive Sea, about seven hundred kilometres (435 mi) south-west of Sri Lanka.The atolls of Maldives encompass a territory spread over roughly 90000 square kilometers, making it one of the most disparate countries in the world. It features 1192 islets, of which two hundred are inhabited.[5] The Republic of Maldives’s capital and largest city is Malé, with a population of 103693 (2006). It is located at the southern edge of North Malé Atoll, in the Kaafu Atoll. It is also one of the Administrative divisions of the Maldives. Traditionally it was the King’s Island, from where the ancient Maldive Royal dynasties ruled and where the palace was located.The Maldives is the smallest Asian country in both population and area. With an average ground level of 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) above sea level, it is the lowest country on the planet.It is also the country with the lowest highest point in the world, at 2.3 metres (7 ft 7 in). Politics in the Maldives takes place in the framework of a presidential republic, whereby the President is the head of government. The President heads the executive branch and appoints the cabinet which is approved by the Parliament …
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We salute you in this national unity.
We salute you, with many good wishes in the national tongue,
Bowing the head in respect to the national symbol.
We salute the flag that has such might,We salute you in this national unity.We salute you, with many good wishes in the national tongue,It falls into the sphere of victory, fortune and success With its green and red and white together, and herefore we salute it.We salute you in this national unity.
i don’t know “maldives” language but this little bit closer to my language “Sinhala”(SriLanka)
Also…..Many my best greetings to you and to all people of Sri lanka….. yours matheona
Thank you for watching matheona film.Of course you are right Official language in Maldives is Divehi, Dhivehi or Mahl is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by about 350,000 people in the Republic of Maldives and also in the island of Maliku in Union territory of Lakshadweep, India.
Divehi is closely related to Sinhala. Many languages have influenced the development of Divehi through the ages, most importantly Arabic. Others include Malayalam, Hindi, French, Persian, Portuguese, and English.
qaumi: mi ekuweɾikan mati: tibegen kuɾi:me sala:m,
qaumi: bahun gina hejɔ duˁa: kuɾamun kuɾi:me sala:m.
qaumi: niʃa:naɲ huɾumita:ˀeku bɔ: lambaˀi tibegen
aˀuda: nakan libigen e wa: didaˀak kuɾi:me sala:m.
qaumi: mi ekuweɾikan mati: tibegen kuɾi:me sala:m,
qaumi: bahun gina hejɔ duˁa: kuɾamun kuɾi:me sala:m
nasɾa: nasi:ba: ka:mija:bu-ge ɾamzakaŋ himene:
fessa: ɾata:i huda: eki: fenumun kuɾi:me sala:m.
qaumi: mi ekuweɾikan mati: tibegen kuɾi:me sala:m,