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Arwi ( ' or '; lit. "the Arwi tongue";〔 ' or ') is a written register of the Tamil language that uses an Arabic alphabet.〔R. Cheran, Darshan Ambalavanar, Chelva Kanaganayakam (1997) ''History and Imagination: Tamil Culture in the Global Context.'' 216 pages, ISBN 978-1-894770-36-1〕 It typically has extensive lexical influences from the Arabic language.〔 Arwi was used extensively by the Muslim minority of Tamil Nadu state of India and Sri Lanka.〔 The majority of Madrasas still teach the basics of Arwi as part of their curricula. ==History== Arwi was an outcome of the cultural synthesis between seafaring Arabs and Tamil-speaking Muslims of Tamil Nadu. It had a rich body of work in jurisprudence, sufism, law, medicine, and sexology, of which little has been preserved. It was used as a bridge language for Tamil Muslims to learn Arabic.〔 ''216 th year commemoration today: Remembering His Holiness Bukhary Thangal'' Sunday Observer – January 5, 2003. (Online version ) accessed on 2009-08-14 〕 Many hadith manuscripts have been found. Most of the ''fiqh'' books, particularly those of Imaam Shaafi and Imaam Abu Hanifa, have been found in Arwi. There was also a translation of the Bible into Arwi in 1926. Arwi contributed immensely to the education and progression of Muslim women in South India and Sri Lanka. Arwi-educated women were active participants in the social fabric of society playing vital roles in education, medicine and even politics. Large portions of Arwi works were lost in two periods of time: in the 16th century with the arrival of the Portuguese and in the 20th century with the arrival of the mainstream printing press. Using the Arabic script meant that Arwi could not jump to print easily. Presently, manuscripts are being eaten away by termites in homes and in private, public and institutional libraries. Efforts are underway to halt the decline and revive the language. Arwi still has a place among the more traditional Indian Tamil Muslim and Sri Lankan Moor families. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arwi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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