Arwi
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. Arwi has been used extensively by the Muslims of the Tamil Nadu state of India and Sri Lanka.
| Arwi أروي | |
|---|---|
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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