Maldivian English From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia English dialect spoken in the Maldives NativetoMaldivesRegionSouth AsiaLanguage familyIndo-European GermanicWest GermanicIngvaeonicAnglo-FrisianAnglicEnglishAsian EnglishSouth Asian EnglishMaldivian EnglishEarly formsProto-Indo-European Proto-Germanic Proto-English Old English Middle English Early Modern English Modern English Maldivian EnglishNative toMaldivesRegionSouth AsiaLanguage familyIndo-European GermanicWest GermanicIngvaeonicAnglo-FrisianAnglicEnglishAsian EnglishSouth Asian EnglishMaldivian EnglishEarly formsProto-Indo-European Proto-Germanic Proto-English Old English Middle English Early Modern English Modern English Writing systemLatinLanguage codesISO 639-3–IETFen-MV Maldivian English is an English dialect spoken in the Maldives, where it is predominantly used as a second language.[1] Commonwealth English References ↑ Meierkord, Christiane (March 2018). "English in paradise: the Maldives: English is rapidly establishing itself as a second language in a society transforming from fishing to tourism and trade". English Today. 34 (1): 2–11. doi:10.1017/S0266078417000475. ISSN 0266-0784. vteDialects and accents of Modern English by continentEuropeGreat BritainEnglandNorth Cheshire Cumbria Barrow Lancashire Liverpool/Scouse Manchester Northumbria Pitmatic Sunderland Tyneside/Geordie Teesside Yorkshire Midlands East Midlands West Midlands Birmingham Black Country Stoke-on-Trent South East Anglia London & Thames Estuary Cockney Multicultural Received Pronunciation West Country Cornwall Dorset Scotland Glasgow Highlands Wales Abercraf Cardiff Gower Port Talbot Ireland Dublin South-West Ulster Channel Islands Gibraltar Isle of Man Malta AmericasNorth AmericaCanada Aboriginal Atlantic Lunenburg Newfoundland Multicultural Toronto Ottawa Valley Quebec Standard Canadian United States Midland New England Boston East Maine West New York City accent North Inland North North-Central Philadelphia Baltimore South accent Appalachia Chesapeake/Outer Banks New Orleans Older South Texas West California Pacific Northwest Western Pennsylvania Social and ethno-cultural African-American vernacular American Indian Cajun Chicano General American Good American Speech Miami Latino New York Latino Northeastern elite Pennsylvania Dutch Caribbean Antigua and Barbuda The Bahamas Barbados Bequia Cayman Islands Bay Islands Guyanese English Jamaica Saba Samaná Trinidad and Tobago Bermuda Falkland Islands OceaniaAustralia variation accent Aboriginal South Torres Strait West Fiji New Zealand accent Palau Solomon Islands Africa Cameroon The Gambia Ghana Kenya Liberia Malawi Namibia Nigeria Rwanda Sierra Leone South Africa accent Cape Flats South Atlantic Uganda Zimbabwe AsiaEast Asia Hong Kong South Asia Bangladesh India regional and occupational Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka Southeast Asia Brunei Cambodia Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Antarctica Antarctica Related English language Basic Broad and general accents Commonwealth Comparison of American and British English E-Prime Engrish English as a lingua franca English-based creole languages Englishisation Globish Gogate Nerrière International Jewish English (Yeshiva English) Learning Linguistic purism in English List of English-based pidgins Non-native pronunciations of English Plain Standard This Maldives-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information.vte This article about the English language is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information.vte Related Articles
