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Arwi (أَرْوِيُّ ʾArwīyyᵘ) or Arabu-Tamil (Tamil: அரபுத்தமிழ் Araputtamiḻ) 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.
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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...
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May 24, 2019 · The Salem-based septuagenarian is among a dwindling number of people who know Arabu-Tamil (or Lisan al-Arwi ), the link-language that texts like Simt-us-Sibyan are written in. A language that ...
Sep 7, 2018 · The Arwi or Arabu-Tamil script was widely used by the Muslim Tamils of Asia for their day-to-day communication,” he said. The paper further states that from 8th to the 19th century, this ...
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Mar 14, 2023 · However, according to some, Arabu Tamil—or Arwi—existed even earlier, but records of its antiquity were lost or destroyed in the wars with the Portuguese. The Syrian Christians of Malabar had already been using Syriac script—another Semitic language—for writing Malayalam, and it may have been a precursor to Arabisation of the local script.
Arwi is a variety of Tamil used by Muslims in Tamil Nadu in India, and in Sri Lanka. It is written with the Arabic script, and helps Tamil Muslims to learn Arabic so that they can read the Quran and other literary works in Arabic. Arwi is used to write about Sufism, law and medicine, as well as to write religious works.
Oct 28, 2020 · Decline of Arwi and the Need for Revival However, after the 19th century, Arwi began to lose its popularity primarily because of its old style and colloquial expression. As a spoken language it is now about to be extinct, though a few Madrasas (religious schools) still teach the basics of the language as part of their curricula.Alas, Arabic ...
