Minicoy, locally known as Maliku, is an island in Lakshadweep, India. Along with Viringili, it is on Maliku atoll, the southernmost atoll of Lakshadweep archipelago. Administratively, it is a census t
Minicoy Island, Lakshadweep
The islet of Viringili located at the southwestern end of Minicoy's reef, where lepers were formerly banished.
Worm's-eye view of the Lighthouse in Minicoy island
Maldivian, also known by its endonym Divehi, sometimes spelled as Dhivehi is an Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family, primarily spoken by the M
Minicoy
…Minicoy, locally known as Maliku (Dhivehi: މަލިކު; pronounced ), is an island in Lakshadweep, India. Along with Viringili, it is on Maliku atoll, the southernmost atoll of Lakshadweep archipelago…
Maldivian in Carl Faulmann [de]'s Das Buch der Schrift, 1880
12th-century lōmāfānu, copper plates on which early Maldivian sultans wrote orders and grants