Arabi-Malayalam
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Arabi-Malayalam is a variant of the Malayalam language written in a modified Arabic script, historically used by the Mappila Muslim community of Kerala for religious and literary purposes.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic-derived script
ⓘ
Malayalam script variant ⓘ orthographic variant ⓘ writing system ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | Arabic script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithReligion | Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsAdditionalLettersFor | Malayalam phonemes ⓘ |
| culturalAssociation |
Malabar Muslim literary tradition
ⓘ
Mappila culture ⓘ |
| currentUse |
heritage preservation
ⓘ
limited religious contexts ⓘ |
| developedFor |
Mappila Muslim community
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
vernacular religious instruction ⓘ |
| documentType |
manuscripts
ⓘ
palm-leaf manuscripts ⓘ |
| educationalRole | madrasas in Kerala ⓘ |
| hasTransliterationTarget | Malayalam script ⓘ |
| historicalUse |
Islamic devotional texts
ⓘ
Mappila songs NERFINISHED ⓘ Quranic exegesis in Malayalam ⓘ folk literature ⓘ |
| languageFamilyOfContent | Dravidian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageWritten | Malayalam ⓘ |
| notationalFeature |
diacritics for Malayalam vowels
ⓘ
extra consonant letters ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
Islamic scholarship
ⓘ
poetry ⓘ prose literature ⓘ religious literature ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Arwi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jawi script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | RTL ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | Arabic script family ⓘ |
| status | historical script ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfProminence |
early modern period
ⓘ
medieval period ⓘ |
| usedByCommunity |
Mappila Muslims
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Muslim community of Kerala ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Islamic jurisprudence texts in Malayalam
ⓘ
Sufi literature in Malayalam ⓘ |
| usedForScriptureCommentaryOn | Quran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInCountry | India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInGenre | Mappilappattu (Mappila songs) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInRegion |
Kerala
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Malabar region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesScript |
Arabic script with additional letters
ⓘ
modified Arabic script ⓘ |
| writingDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| writingSystemOf | Malayalam language ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | alphabet ⓘ |
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