Arwi
| Arwi / Arabu-Tamil أروي / عَرَبُتَّمِۻْ | |
|---|---|
Arwi written in Arabic Script | |
| Script type | |
Period | At least 13th century-present |
| Status | Religious uses only |
| 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 |
Arwi (أَرْوِيُّ ʾArwīyyu) or Arabu-Tamil (Tamil: அரபுத்தமிழ், عَرَبُ تَّمِۻْ 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.