 It is said that these first settlers, the Deyvis, came from Kalbanja (possibly Kalinga) in India several centuries before the Kingdom of Malik Aashooq and settled in Isduva island (Isdhoo) of Isduvammathi (Haddhunmathi Atoll).By the time the late-Aryan settlers came to settle the Maldives in 600 B.C., the original language of the Deyvis had been mixed with that of later settlers the "Redins" and the "Kunibeens" to form the Deevis language; but the unique Shaviyani sound had survived.The letter was described as that letter pronounced between the letter "r" and "sh".