Arabi Malayalam

Arabi Malayalam (also called Mappila Malayalam and Moplah Malayalam) is the traditional Dravidian language of the Mappila Muslim community. It is spoken by several thousand people, predominantly in the Malabar Coast of Kerala state, southern India. The form can be classified as a regional dialect in northern Kerala, or as a class or occupational dialect of the Mappila community. It can also be called a vernacular in general, or as a provincial patois, with the latter label being increasingly applicable in Colonial times. All the forms of the Malayalam language, including Mappila, are mutually intelligible.

This article is about the Arabi Malayalam language. For the Arabic script used for writing Arabi Malayalam language, see Arabi Malayalam script.

Arabi Malayalam
Mappila Malayalam
عَرَبِ مَلَیَاۻَمٛ
Native toIndia
EthnicityMappila Muslims
Dravidian
  • Southern Dravidian
    • Tamil–Kannada
      • Tamil–Kodagu
        • Tamil–Malayalam
          • Malayalam
            • Arabi Malayalam
Writing system
Arabi Malayalam script
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
Glottologmopl1237

The Mappila form shows some lexical admixture from Arabic and Persian.

The variety Arabi Malayalam is also used by lower caste non-Muslims in northern Kerala, Muslims in Dakshina Kannada, and different Mappila migrant communities in South East Asia.

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