Maldives
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English
[eng] Widespread. Users: Status: 3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English.
Maldivian
[div] Widespread. Users: 331,000 in Maldives (2012). Total users in all countries: 340,500. Status: 1 (National). Statutory national language (2008, Constitution, Article 11). Alternate Names: Dhivehi, Dhivehi Bas, Divehli, Mali, Malikh, Malki. Autonym: ދިވެހި (Divehi), ދިވެހިބަސް (Divehi-bas). Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Outer Languages, Southern, Sinhalese-Maldivian.
Sinhala
[sin] Users: 2,500 in Maldives (2017). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Outer Languages, Southern, Sinhalese-Maldivian.