Mahal writing systems
Mahal uses the Thaana alphabet for writing.
Devanagari script for Mahal
Though Mahal is written with Thaana alphabet, around the 1950s a Devanagari script was modified to write Mahal Language.
Unicode support for Thaana characters
Thaana occupies Unicode codepoints 1920-1983 (hexadecimal 0780-07BF).
| Grapheme | HTML Unicode | Name | Malé Latin | IPA value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ހ | HAA | h | [h] | |
| ށ | RHAVIYANI | rh | [ʂ] | |
| ނ | NOONU | n | [n] | |
| ރ | RAA | r | [r] | |
| ބ | BAA | b | [b] | |
| ޅ | LHAVIYANI | lh | [ɭ] | |
| ކ | KAAFU | k | [k] | |
| އ | ALIFU | varies | see article | |
| ވ | VAAVU | v | [v] | |
| މ | MEEMU | m | [m] | |
| ފ | FAAFU | f | [f] | |
| ދ | DHAALU | dh | [d] | |
| ތ | THAA | th | [t] | |
| ލ | LAAMU | l | [l] | |
| ގ | GAAFU | g | [ɡ] | |
| ޏ | GNAVIYANI | gn | [ɲ] | |
| ސ | SEENU | s | [s] | |
| ޑ | DAVIYANI | d | [ɖ] | |
| ޒ | ZAVIYANI | z | [z] | |
| ޓ | TAVIYANI | t | [ʈ] | |
| ޔ | YAA | y | [j] | |
| ޕ | PAVIYANI | p | [p] | |
| ޖ | JAVIYANI | j | [ɟ] | |
| ޗ | CHAVIYANI | ch | [c] | |
| ޘ | TTAA | Arabic-to-Dhivehi transliteration characters | ||
| ޙ | HHAA | |||
| ޚ | KHAA | |||
| ޛ | THAALU | |||
| ޜ | ZAA | English-to-Dhivehi transliteration [ʒ] | ||
| ޝ | SHEENU | Arabic-to-Dhivehi transliteration characters | ||
| ޞ | SAADHU | |||
| ޟ | DAADHU | |||
| ޠ | TO | |||
| ޡ | ZO | |||
| ޢ | AINU | |||
| ޣ | GHAINU | |||
| ޤ | QAAFU | |||
| ޥ | WAAVU | |||
| ަ | ABAFILI | a | [a] | |
| ާ | AABAAFILI | aa | [aː] | |
| ި | IBIFILI | i | [i] | |
| ީ | EEBEEFILI | ee | [iː] | |
| ު | UBUFILI | u | [u] | |
| ޫ | OOBOOFILI | oo | [uː] | |
| ެ | EBEFILI | e | [e] | |
| ޭ | EYBEYFILI | ey | [eː] | |
| ޮ | OBOFILI | o | [o] | |
| ޯ | OABOAFILI | oa | [oː] | |
| ް | SUKUN | varies | see article | |
| ޱ | NAA (Addu dialect) | dn (ṇ) | [ɳ] | |