From script to language: the three identities of ‘Arabic-Tamil’

Since at least the eighteenth century, Muslims in southern India and Sri Lanka have been employing the Arabic script to record Tamil texts. Popularly known as ‘Arabic-Tamil’ or ‘Arwi’, this practice has been evaluated in widely divergent manners. While to some, ‘Arabic-Tamil’ is primarily a term res...

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Main Author: Tschacher, Torsten (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 2018
In: South Asian history and culture
Year: 2018, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 16-37
ISSN:1947-2501
DOI:10.1080/19472498.2017.1411052
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1080/19472498.2017.1411052
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