# Tivaru

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{{Short description|First settlers of the Minicoy island of Lakshadweep}}
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'''Tivaru''' (ތީވަރު ) or '''Dweepukar''' are said to be the first settlers of the [Minicoy](/source/Minicoy) island of [Lakshadweep](/source/Lakshadweep) off the Indian mainland.

==History==
The origin of the Tivaru is unknown. Clarence Malony suggests that they could be Dravidians from southern India. Local oral tradition says that when [Dhivehis](/source/Dhivehis) came to these islands, the Tivaru who had really already settled in these islands migrated to [Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka), except for those who remained on [Giraavaru](/source/Giraavaru_(Kaafu_Atoll)).<ref>{{cite web | title= The Social Structure of Maliku (Minicoy) | author=  | url= http://www.maldivesroyalfamily.com/minicoy_kattner.shtml | publisher= Maldivesroyalfamily.com | accessdate= 2009-07-14 | archive-date= 20 September 2013 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130920163702/http://maldivesroyalfamily.com/minicoy_kattner.shtml | url-status= dead }}</ref>

==See also==
* [Dravidians](/source/Dravidians)
* [Thiyyar history](/source/Thiyyar_history)

==Notes==
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{{Immigration to Sri Lanka}}
{{Indian diaspora}}

Category:Ancient India
Category:Ezhava
Category:Indians in Sri Lanka
Category:Indigenous peoples of South Asia

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