| Maldivian Sign Language | |
| States: | Maldives |
| Speakers: | 2,700 |
| Date: | no date |
| Familycolor: | sign language |
| Family: | Deaf-community sign language |
| Glottorefname: | Maldives Sign Language |
Maldivian Sign Language (MvSL) is a sign language that was developed, largely spontaneously, by deaf children in a number of schools in Maldives in the 2000. It is of particular interest to the linguists who study it because it offers a unique opportunity to study what they believe to be the birth of a new language.
The dictionary contains signs for around 650 words supported with English and Dhivehi description explaining the hand-shape and the movement to be used while signing a particular word.[1] [2]