Arwi Tamil
Sign in to saveArwi ( ) or Arabu-Tamil (, ) is an Arabic-influenced dialect of the Tamil language written with an extension of the Arabic alphabet, with extensive lexical and phonetic influences from the Arabic language. Arwi has been used extensively by the Muslims of the Tamil Nadu state of India and Sri Lanka. Currently, it is used as a religious language by Tamil Pakistani Muslims, who resides in the Pakistani provinces of Sindh and Balochistan, along with Arabic.
Key facts
- Writing system.name
- Arwi / Arabu-Tamil
- Writing system.native_name
- /
- Writing system.bodystyle
- Which
- Writing system.type
- Abjad
- Writing system.qid
- Q1828555
- Writing system.region
- 22px India 22px Tamil Nadu 22px Kerala 22px Pakistan 22px Sindh 22px Balochistan 22px Sri Lanka
- Writing system.romanised_from
- al-'arwiyyah
- Writing system.caption
- Arwi written in Arabic Script
- Writing system.languages
- Tamil
- Writing system.time
- At least 13th century-present
- Writing system.status
- Religious uses only
- Writing system.fam1
- Egyptian hieroglyphs
- Writing system.fam2
- Proto-Sinaitic
- Writing system.fam3
- Phoenician
- Writing system.fam4
- Aramaic
- Writing system.fam5
- Nabataean
- Writing system.fam6
- Arabic
- Writing system.sisters
- Arabi MalayalamNastaliq
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Article
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Script
- Vowels
- Consonants
- Sample Texts
- See also
- References
- External links
Arwi ( ) or Arabu-Tamil (, ) is an Arabic-influenced dialect of the Tamil language written with an extension of the Arabic alphabet, with extensive lexical and phonetic influences from the Arabic language. Arwi has been used extensively by the Muslims of the Tamil Nadu state of India and Sri Lanka. Currently, it is used as a religious language by Tamil Pakistani Muslims, who resides in the Pakistani provinces of Sindh and Balochistan, along with Arabic.
== History == thumb|left|Arwi script in a tombstone at Kilakarai, Old Jumma Masjid thumb|left|A multilingual advertisement with a catalogue of books and textiles available from a shop in Ponnani in 1908. Text on the left hand side is Arabi-Tamil, text on the right hand side, Arabi Malayalam script