Arwi
Arwi or Arabu-Tamil (Arabic: الْلِسَانُ الْأَرْوِيُّ al-lisan al-arwiyy, أَرْوِي arwī; Tamil: அரபுத்தமிழ் 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 was used extensively by the Muslim minority of the Tamil Nadu state of India and Sri Lanka.
| Arwi الْلِسَانُ الْأَرْوِيُّ - அல்லிஸானுல் அற்விய்யு | |
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Arwi written in Arabic Script | |
| Script type | |
Time period | Present |
| Status | Religious Uses |
| Direction | Right-to-left script |
| Region | India, Sri Lanka |
| Languages | Tamil |
| Related scripts | |
Parent systems | |
Sister systems | Arabi Malayalam |
| ISO 15924 | |
| ISO 15924 | Arab (160), Arabic |
| Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Arabic |
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