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Art. III.—Vocabulary of the Maldivian Language

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2011

W. Christopher I.N.  and
John Wilson D.D.
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Extract

This vocabulary was compiled by Mr. Christopher during his residence on the Maldive Islands. I have prefixed to it an extract from a communication referring to it, with which I was favoured at the time that it was forwarded to me, and which will sufliciently explain several circumstances connected with its preparation.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 6 , Issue 11 , January 1841 , pp. 42 - 76
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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1985

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page 43 note 1 In the remarks upon an incomplete alphabet, given in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Vol. V. p. 794, it is incorrectly stated that the Maldives write from left to right. The Royal Asiatic Society's Library possesses some Maldive MSS. in all of which the characters are written, as mentioned in the text, from right to left.—Ed.

* The belief nt the Maldives regarding this vuleanie production, is, that it is coral, acted on by the digestive organs of a species of shark, called “femunu,” and voided in the form of pumice.

page 74 note 1 These are the vessels which tiring the annual presents to the government of Ceylon, mentioned in the following page.