Huvadhu bas (original) (raw)

Huvadhu Bas is a language/dialect of the Maldivian language spoken by the inhabitants of the large atoll of Huvadhu is one of the distinctive dialects of Maldivian language from Southern Maldives. Because of the isolation from the Northern Atolls, and the capital of Malé, Huvadhu Bas compared to other variants has many distinctive features. One of these feature is making use of the retroflex 'Ţ' as in Sinhalese instead of retroflex 'ṣ' used in northern variants.