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The valuable and useful ideas of Tamil Muslim minds were conveyed in Arabicized Tamil called Arabu-Tamil. It rendered the most useful service for the advancement and progress of Arab and Tamil cultures. However, the beginning of the 20th century saw the decline of Arwi language.
It is believed that the origin of Arabu-Tamil is as old as contact of Arabs with Tamil Nadu.6 The Muslim communities of Sarandib (Sri Lanka ) and Tamil Nadu were able to use this language as an effective shield for the preservation of their cultural identity.
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May 24, 2019 · Arabu-Tamil spurred a major literacy drive in the Tamil Muslim community in pre-independence India, with women especially using the language to play vital roles in education, medicine and even...
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Jun 18, 2019 · Among these unique aspects, one particular feature stands out that confirms beyond doubt the Arab-Tamil cultural fusion in the region – Arabu-Tamil, an ancient hybrid language that spread...
Feb 12, 2024 · Arwi dates to the 8th Century CE when travel and trade in the medieval world sparked a curious intermingling of tongues. It leapt to prominence in the 17th Century, when more Muslim Arab traders...
Sep 7, 2018 · Evolved as a result of the interactions between Arabs and Tamils in medieval times, Arwi or Arabu-Tamil is an Arabic influenced dialect of Tamil written with an extension of the Arabic alphabet ...
History. Arwi is an outcome of the cultural synthesis between seafaring Arabs and Tamil-speaking Muslims of Tamil Nadu. Arwi has a rich body of work of which little has been preserved. There are historical records of the prevalence of Arwi in far Eastern countries, such as Indonesia and Thailand, up until the 1970s.
