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Huvadhu bahuruva is a dialect of theMaldivian language spoken by the inhabitants of the large atoll ofHuvadhu is one of the distinctive dialects ofMaldivian language from Southern Maldives. Because of the isolation from the Northern Atolls, and the capital of Malé, Huvadhu dialect compared to other variants has many distinctive features. One of these feature is making use of the retroflex 'Ţ' as inSinhalese instead of retroflex 'ṣ' used in northern variants.
In the past, there were frequent monthly trade relations between the ports ofHuvadhu Atoll and the ports ofCeylon. As a result, there was great intercourse with theSinhalese people fromCeylon and people fromHuvadhu unlike that of other Maldivian atolls. Due to this Huvadhu bas has been influenced by theSinhala language greater than other Maldivian dialects. Huvadhu dialect retains many old Sinhala words, and is linguistically closer toSinhala than the other dialects ofMaldivian.