Arwi Tamil

Also known as Arwi dialect, Arwi language

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.

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

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections

Contents

History
Script
Vowels
Consonants
Sample Texts
See also
References
External links

== 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

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