Mahal writing systems

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Mahal uses the Thaana alphabet for writing.

[edit] Devanagari script for Mahal

Though Mahal is written with Thaana alphabet, around the 1950s a Devanagari script was modified to write Mahal Language.

[edit] Unicode support for Thaana characters

Thaana occupies Unicode codepoints 1920-1983 (hexadecimal 0780-07BF).

Characters of the Thaana script
(vowels are displayed with an alifu carrier)

Grapheme	HTML Unicode	Name	Malé Latin	IPA value
ހ	ހ	HAA	h	[h]
ށ	ށ	RHAVIYANI	rh	[ʂ]
ނ	ނ	NOONU	n	[n]
ރ	ރ	RAA	r	[r]
ބ	ބ	BAA	b	[b]
ޅ	ޅ	LHAVIYANI	lh	[ɭ]
ކ	ކ	KAAFU	k	[k]
އ	އ	ALIFU	varies	see article
ވ	ވ	VAAVU	v	[v]
މ	މ	MEEMU	m	[m]
ފ	ފ	FAAFU	f	[f]
ދ	ދ	DHAALU	dh	[d]
ތ	ތ	THAA	th	[t]
ލ	ލ	LAAMU	l	[l]
ގ	ގ	GAAFU	g	[g]
ޏ	ޏ	GNAVIYANI	gn	[ɲ]
ސ	ސ	SEENU	s	[s]
ޑ	ޑ	DAVIYANI	d	[ɖ]
ޒ	ޒ	ZAVIYANI	z	[z]
ޓ	ޓ	TAVIYANI	t	[ʈ]
ޔ	ޔ	YAA	y	[j]
ޕ	ޕ	PAVIYANI	p	[p]
ޖ	ޖ	JAVIYANI	j	[ɟ]
ޗ	ޗ	CHAVIYANI	ch	[c]
ޘ	ޘ	TTAA	Arabic-to-Dhivehi transliteration characters
ޙ	ޙ	HHAA
ޚ	ޚ	KHAA
ޛ	ޛ	THAALU
ޜ	ޜ	ZAA	English-to-Dhivehi transliteration [ʒ]
ޝ	ޝ	SHEENU	Arabic-to-Dhivehi transliteration characters
ޞ	ޞ	SAADHU
ޟ	ޟ	DAADHU
ޠ	ޠ	TO
ޡ	ޡ	ZO
ޢ	ޢ	AINU
ޣ	ޣ	GHAINU
ޤ	ޤ	QAAFU
ޥ	ޥ	WAAVU
އަ	ަ	ABAFILI	a	[a]
އާ	ާ	AABAAFILI	aa	[aː]
އި	ި	IBIFILI	i	[i]
އީ	ީ	EEBEEFILI	ee	[iː]
އު	ު	UBUFILI	u	[u]
އޫ	ޫ	OOBOOFILI	oo	[uː]
އެ	ެ	EBEFILI	e	[e]
އޭ	ޭ	EYBEYFILI	ey	[eː]
އޮ	ޮ	OBOFILI	o	[o]
އޯ	ޯ	OABOAFILI	oa	[oː]
އް	ް	SUKUN	varies	see article
ޱ	ޱ	NAA (Addu dialect)	dn (ṇ)	[ɳ]