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Historical Values
Year Value
1990 Divehi (dialect of Sinhala; script derived from Arabic); English spoken by most government officials
1991 Divehi (dialect of Sinhala; script derived from Arabic); English spoken by most government officials
1992 Divehi (dialect of Sinhala; script derived from Arabic); English spoken by most government officials
1993 Divehi (dialect of Sinhala; script derived from Arabic), English spoken by most government officials
1994 Divehi (dialect of Sinhala; script derived from Arabic), English spoken by most government officials
1995 Divehi (dialect of Sinhala; script derived from Arabic), English spoken by most government officials
1996 Maldivian Divehi (dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English spoken by most government officials
1997 Maldivian Divehi (dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English spoken by most government officials
1998 Maldivian Divehi (dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English spoken by most government officials
1999 Maldivian Divehi (dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English spoken by most government officials
2000 Maldivian Dhivehi (dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English spoken by most government officials
2001 Maldivian Dhivehi (dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English spoken by most government officials
2002 Maldivian Dhivehi (dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English spoken by most government officials
2003 Maldivian Dhivehi (dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English spoken by most government officials
2004 Maldivian Dhivehi (dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English spoken by most government officials
2005 Maldivian Dhivehi (dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English spoken by most government officials
2006 Maldivian Dhivehi (dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English spoken by most government officials
2007 Maldivian Dhivehi (dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English spoken by most government officials
2008 Maldivian Dhivehi (dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English spoken by most government officials
2009 Maldivian Dhivehi (dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English spoken by most government officials
2010 Dhivehi (official) (dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English spoken by most government officials
2011 Dhivehi (official, dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English (spoken by most government officials)
2012 Dhivehi (official, dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English (spoken by most government officials)
2013 Dhivehi (official, dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English (spoken by most government officials)
2014 Dhivehi (official, dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English (spoken by most government officials)
2015 Dhivehi (official, dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English (spoken by most government officials)
2016 Dhivehi (official, dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English (spoken by most government officials)
2017 Dhivehi (official, dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English (spoken by most government officials)
2018 Dhivehi (official, dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English (spoken by most government officials)
2019 Dhivehi (official, dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English (spoken by most government officials)
2020 Dhivehi (official, dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English (spoken by most government officials)
2021 Dhivehi (official, dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English (spoken by most government officials)
2022 Dhivehi (official, dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English (spoken by most government officials)
2023 Dhivehi (official, dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English (spoken by most government officials)
2024 Dhivehi (official, closely related to Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English (spoken by most government officials)
2025 Dhivehi (official, closely related to Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English (spoken by most government officials)